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France Yellow Vests Week 277: Macron Pushes Troops In Ukraine, Gets Pushed Back, Vote On Abortion In Constitution Set, Farmers Protest Surprise, Today's Paris Protests
Nextrush Free ^ | 3/2/2024 | Nextrush/Self

Posted on 03/02/2024 7:30:56 PM PST by Nextrush

Monday evening the leaders of 20 European nations gathered at the Elysee Palace in Paris (France's White House) for a conference on military support for Ukraine.

There was agreement among many of those nations to send long-range weapons to Ukraine a disturbing sign of escalation in the conflict in and of itself.

This was announced by President Emmanuel Macron at the end of the conference a 'ninth coalition of nations' to provide those long-range weapons for Ukraine.

But what caused a splash inside France and around the world Macron's remarks...

..the French Foreign Minstry tried to 'clarify' the remarks.

But Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico told media in his country that some unnamed nations expressed the desire to send soldiers into Ukraine...

In the National Assembly Tuesday Marine Le Pen who leads National Rally deputies reacting to Macron's comments calling them:

"extremely serious remarks"...

On Wednesday night the French Senate approving the text of enshrining a right to abortion into France's constitution...

Politicians inside and outside the government wanting to be seen at the Salon de agriculture in Paris this week.

On Friday the Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Bechu and Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau were confronted with whistles and eggs...

Police making 72 arrests Friday morning when a farmers protest blockaded the Champs Elysees in Paris.

The surprise protest driving home the farmers grievances concerning "Green" regulations and cheap imports that threaten their livelihoods...

In Paris this afternoon a rally held by "Les Patriotes" a group...

"Les Patrioties" leader Florian Philippot told Russia's Tass news agency during the rally that "we do not agree with the escalation of the Ukraine conflict"...

Saturday afternoon in Paris the Yellow Vests group also gathering...

Meanwhile in Corsica "a protest for the rights of the Corsican people held by supporters of Corsican independence...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: abortion; climate; climatechange; corsica; emmanuelmacron; europe; farmers; farmersprotest; florianphilippot; france; marinelepen; prolife; protest; ukraine; yellowvests
Lots of material on events in France this week and today the farmers protests and grievances up front among other things like Ukraine and the push for war there.
1 posted on 03/02/2024 7:30:56 PM PST by Nextrush
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