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Macron's France SEIZES Lorries Carrying 130,000 Masks to UK Hospitals
Breitbart London ^

Posted on 03/21/2020 12:43:24 PM PDT by ameribbean expat

French authorities impounded two lorries carrying some 130,000 masks to health workers in Britain’s embattled hospitals, following President Emmanuel Macron’s pledge to “requisition” all stocks in his territory.

The move followed hot on the heels of French border guards seizing another heavy goods vehicle carrying hand sanitiser to Britain the day before. The incidents triggered a diplomatic spat between the two countries as Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) struggles against the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexit; coronavirus; covid19; france; macron; nhs; uk
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To: BuffaloJack

Brits should have just sided with the Germans in WWI, would have saved the world a lot of grief.


21 posted on 03/21/2020 1:01:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: madison10

Well, other than the last 150 years, the French and English have been at war for over 1,000 years. A return to ‘the good old days’, I guess!

Typical French move!


22 posted on 03/21/2020 1:02:02 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (0 once was blind but now I see...)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
One useful thing will be to see how public vs private health care performs in these circumstances.

For what it is worth, the UK death rate for confirmed cases is 4.3%. The US death rate for confirmed cases is 1.2%. In Canada, the death rate is about the same as ours.

23 posted on 03/21/2020 1:07:34 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: ameribbean expat

Germany gas been holding back shipments to Switzerland as well. Mind you, these are shipments from outside the EU destined for Switzerland via Customs Free agreements (i.e. Passing through).

During the Cold War (and thereafter) all kinds of shipments were made this way (so called TIR). Now, suddenly, all agreements are off.


24 posted on 03/21/2020 1:08:44 PM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (Here's my strategy on the War against Terrorism: We win, they lose. - with apologies to R.R.)
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To: rktman

Ok.....hypothetical.....if something similar was say traveling through the US from Mexico to Canada would it be ok to seize the truck?


25 posted on 03/21/2020 1:09:30 PM PDT by xp38
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To: ameribbean expat

Isn’t hijacking a crime over there?


26 posted on 03/21/2020 1:09:41 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: ameribbean expat

Looks like the French are no longer thankful that the Allies saved their butts during WW2. If there was any good will left Brexit probably ended it.


27 posted on 03/21/2020 1:10:02 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ameribbean expat

B@stard.


28 posted on 03/21/2020 1:10:31 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Progressives" (elitist Communists) "Love you to death".)
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To: ameribbean expat

Hmmm- legalized piracy-


29 posted on 03/21/2020 1:11:40 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Labyrinthos

Interesting, thanks!


30 posted on 03/21/2020 1:13:01 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: dfwgator

No kidding


31 posted on 03/21/2020 1:13:06 PM PDT by Manuel OKelley
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To: ameribbean expat

Macron the Nationalist.


32 posted on 03/21/2020 1:13:36 PM PDT by tinyowl
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To: ameribbean expat

Hope Farage and/or Steyn is on FOX tonight.


33 posted on 03/21/2020 1:14:07 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: Professional

How about fools who “buy” gold and allow the seller to store it “safe” in a distant secure vault?
If SHTF the buyer has a piece of paper.


34 posted on 03/21/2020 1:32:02 PM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: hoosierham

I know a guy that had at a minimum of 500k in silver held away. Well, after various bank mergers...the silver in the vault is missing. I helped him track it down but he never got a lawyer to file suit for it.


35 posted on 03/21/2020 1:34:37 PM PDT by Professional
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To: ameribbean expat

Wars have started for less than this..


36 posted on 03/21/2020 1:35:31 PM PDT by srmanuel
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To: Professional

Hopefully this will make people wake up to the dangers of letting other countries take over entire industries. We shouldn’t have to rely on China for life saving drugs. It’s time to bring production jobs back to America. That’s the first thing we should demand from our government.


37 posted on 03/21/2020 1:49:22 PM PDT by Rdct29 (Democrats are the new Nazi's. They think they deserve total control over the people)
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To: ameribbean expat

OMGosh, is Macron doing the “French First” kinda thing?

How awful and racist of Trump to be saying “America First” when it comes to issues of national interest, but it’s totally okay for Macron to play dictator and seize (steal) for France’s interests first?


38 posted on 03/21/2020 1:51:32 PM PDT by ZephyrTX
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To: Rdct29

I’m from Sweden. They subsidize farming there, with the reason being that in case war breaks out, you MUST be able to feed your army and people. They also, until recently, had a mandatory draft for 1 year.


39 posted on 03/21/2020 1:55:32 PM PDT by Professional
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To: ameribbean expat

Some things never change.


40 posted on 03/21/2020 1:56:57 PM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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