The conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi is the front page story in France's left-wing Libération. Their title this morning is "Eternelle prisonnière", the "eternal prisoner." Libération believes the court case in Rangoon was a parody, and in its editorial by François Sergent, it states that "the trials in Iran and Rangoon show how dictatorships stay in power." Sergent goes on to ask the question on the whereabouts of dictator Than Shwe. 

Le Monde was quick off the mark with its reporting on the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi. Its main news piece was published just a few hours after the verdict. In its editorial, Le Monde refers to Suu Kyi's verdict as a "relatively light” one.

Some French papers this morning prefer to go with a more local angle. Communist daily L’Humanité is one of them. Its cover story: the 283 workers facing layoffs at Molex, a U.S. electronics firm. This is the latest labour dispute in France to turn violent. The factory in Villemur-sur-Tarn in southwestern France will be closed down by its American bosses. L'Humanité criticizes the company's tactics of not even letting the workers back into the factory.

Libération goes with the same story, on its inside pages. The left-leaning daily reports on what it believes is the tactic used by the company bosses. One, according to Libération, that's not all too dissimilar from a so-called "lock-out".

 
Aujourd’hui en France puts something completely different on its cover. The future of electric cars is coming, says the French daily. "This time, we believe in them" is the paper's optimistic headline. It believes there is now a future for the electric car, with many of the big car companies building new electric cars. The likes of Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Renault are mentioned by Aujourd'hui en France.