A protestor holds a placard during a demonstration against the French labour law proposal in Paris, France, May 3, 2016 as the labour reforms law reaches parliament today with 5,000 amendments to be discussed. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
PARIS (Reuters) - After weeks of sometimes violent protests, France's socialist government sent a bill to parliament on Tuesday that seeks to soften labour laws despite every chance that rebels within President Francois Hollande's ruling party will shoot it down.
Defeat would deliver a further blow to the deeply unpopular Hollande a year from elections. Only weeks ago, in the face of widespread opposition, he was forced to abandon plans to strip people of their French citizenship if convicted of terrorism.
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