The French government is to devote about €500 million in initiatives designed to quell unrest among students and young people.
The "Nuit Debout"(Up All Night) movement has seen thousands of young voters gather at the Place de la Republique to show their frustration against various policies of President Francois Hollande's socialist government.
The demonstrations began in opposition to a draft labour reform bill but have broadened out to other issues.
The proposed labour bill intended to make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers, to introduce more flexible working time and to cap industrial tribunal payouts in an effort to bring down the 25% jobless rate among young people.
The PM Manuel Valls announced 11 measures on Monday to help the country’s young generation find work, particularly subsidies and other aid for graduates and apprentices.
The measures will be specifically aimed at those disadvantaged young people who struggle to find accommodation, qualifications, qualified employment or even access to health care.
Companies will be encouraged through higher tax to make more permanent rather than temporary contracts, grants will be made to help the transition from student to employee, apprentice salaries will be boosted, and funds made available for 25,000 scholarships for hard-up students and for helping school leavers return to education.
"Nuit Debout" appears to be a loosely-structured movement without specific leaders whose protests have been large and without incident. With the labour reform bill, its initial target, now watered down, it is unclear if the other issues will attract the same strength of numbers of the streets.
