PARIS (Reuters) - France's ruling conservatives were set on Friday to offer unions a compromise aimed at ending a bitter row over a youth labour law that has sparked calls for Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin to step down.
Some senior conservatives have mooted suspending the "easy hire, easy fire" contract for up to six months to give time to find an alternative. But unions, bolstered by mass street protests, are still insisting it be withdrawn outright.
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