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France Yellow Vests Week 411**Hundreds Of Thousands Protest With Confrontations*Former PM Sees "Civil War" Fantasy Incitement*Dutch-French Nuke Weapons Talks*Le Pen Polling First, Melenchon Second*FM Outraged Israeli Settler Attack French Mayor*
Nextrush Free ^ | 10/17/2026 | Nextrush/Self

Posted on 10/17/2026 6:51:20 PM PDT by Nextrush

On Wednesday Dutch officials in Paris discussing the Netherlands participation in France's nuclear deterrence.

Conventional defense cooperation also on the agenda but now the Netherlands is responding to French President Emmanuel Macron's invitation...

This week a new Odoxa poll in the April 2027 first round Presidential Election showing the top two finishers to be Marine Le Pen of the National Rally and Jean-Luc Melenchon of La France Insoumise (LFI)...

On Tuesday the high school student protest movement again took to the streets of France 480,000 demonstrators...

Another day of street protests on Thursday with Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaking of the demonstrations as a 'movement of urban violence'.

Today a nationwide day of protests with demonstrations banned in some areas of the center of Paris...

Organizers estimated 800,000 demonstrating across France...

By comparison these numbers fall substantially short of the millions that flooded French streets at the height of the Yellow Vests movement almost eight years ago.

Many peaceful protests but much media attention given over to violent elements that manifest themselves in the midst of the demonstrations...

Leftist Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon participating in the Paris protest today said:

"Wherever there are no police, there is calm and good humor"....

Macron on social media saying in part:

"There is no place for violence in our Republic. We will stand together against the sowers of chaos..."

In the aftermath of Mr. Macron's comments a former Prime Minister Dominique de Villipin saying that "France is giving in to the fascination of violence" adding...

late tonight another isolated but dramatic visual incident the torching of the city hall in the city of Limoges...

"The Israeli authorities must arrest those responsible for these revolting acts and take them to justice" ...Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot outraged by the Israeli nationalist settler attack...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: defundthepolice; emmanuelmacron; france; israel; joooooooooooooooooos; yellowvests

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The full picture in France today and this week.
1 posted on 10/17/2026 6:51:20 PM PDT by Nextrush
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To: Nextrush

I’m not getting the “full picture” from what is posted above.

Oh, you want me click on your blog!


2 posted on 10/17/2026 9:02:51 PM PDT by deks (America cannot be made great in complete isolation from the adversaries that are harming Americans)
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