I don't even know if it would work legally, but it might in practise

Yeah, they said so, but it's pure bullshit: you don't need a form to sign a contract. Any employer can write one on plain paper, as usual. If it has the basic information on salary, working time... and if it's signed by the employee, it's legal.

 

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

1. See Melanchthon's comment below (no need for a printed form)

2. I think cohabitation showed that the president can't rule against the parliamentary majority. Not that parliament decides who is the government, that's slightly different.

3. I suppose Villepin and Chirac are still hoping the fuss will die down and they will then claim they "stood firm". But Sarko has the initiative now, and any improvement in the situation will be to his credit. In other words, V and C now go around with big shotgun holes in both feet.