Posted on 04/15/2023 5:48:17 PM PDT by Nextrush
In the last week it has been painfully clear that Emmanuel Macron wants to move on from his imposition of pension reforms including the rise in retirement age to 64 from 62.
The visit to China allowed Mr. Macron to plant the notion that France should steer clear of the US-China confrontation over Taiwan take a middle ground oppose what he asserted were belligerent positions on both sides.
There are those in France Left and Right who have disdain for the United States.
Perhaps Macron thought he could gain popular support and traction by drawing attention...
Macron's visit to the Netherlands punctuated by a protest banner and hecklers...
And again the protester taking to the streets Thursday more strikes to oppose the imposition of the pension reform.
1.5 million protesting according to the unions 380,000 according to the government.
On Friday the Constitutional Council's decision kept the retirement age increase from 62 to 64 intact. It said some part of the pension reform law belonged in social security legislation.
The labor union and opposition political forces vowed that the opposition will continue.
A new day of protest set for May 1st...
Today protesters gathered in Paris for a regular weekly Yellow Vests demonstration...
Numerous protests called across France today in opposition to Macron and his imposition of pension reform.
The mainstream media spin on protests focusing on the extreme elements and their January 6th type acts of vandalism setting fires etc. etc.
Thousands protested in Rennes today...
"an arsonist who will have damaged our democracy"
Marine Le Pen, who leads the National Rally in the National Assembly, France's leading opposition personality characterizing Emmanuel Macron on social media today.
She noted that Macron signed the pension legislation at 3:28 am this morning in the dead of night...
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Macron must be starting to realize that socialist pensioners are running out of other people’s money to spend.
France moving from socialism to formal totalitarianism
Macron is trying to scrape his way forward playing the kind of game Justin Trudeau plays in Canada.
Lots of social liberalism from abortion to assisted suicide etc. etc. along with a pro-business fiscally responsible pro-capitalist agenda.
Macron is a Globalist, Davos Moderate.
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