Posted on 05/27/2023 6:24:40 PM PDT by Nextrush
On June 6th a major effort at protests nationwide against President Emmanuel Macron's imposition of pension reform is planned.
For now there are smaller protests like this one in Paris last Tuesday.
A banner at the protests read in full when translated into English:
Money for Our salaries, pensions, our allocations Not for war or repression!
The protest sign a concise summary of conditions in France right now where Macron's neo-liberal capitalist agenda is in full bloom.
One major move lessening long-term government spending through pension cuts has been imposed. The raising of the retirement age to 64 is a milestone...
On Friday police used tear gas as dozens of climate change protesters tried to block access...
Getting back to the pension reform issue there is a new wrinkle in the National Assembly as the small group of legislators from France's overseas territories seek to overturn the rise in the retirement age in France from 62 to 64...
Late afternoon video from Paris of today's Yellow Vests march...
In Rennes A "Theater Of The Extreme"
The drama over "extremism" continued today with a "Theater Of The Extreme" in Rennes as hundreds gathered in spite of a police ban on protest...
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