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The Ukraine War leading to the cut off of natural gas supplies from Russia forcing France and other European countries to look in different directions including liquefied natural gas from the USA. Perhaps the real reason for the conflict in Ukraine because cutting off energy supplies from Russia has a benefit for the US energy industry. In the interests of trying to build France and Europe as an economic alternative to the United States and China and or be less energy dependent on the US President Emmanuel Macron has moved to establish closer relations with its former colony Morocco in...

An investigation by French newspaper Le Monde found that the highly confidential movements of U.S. President Joe Biden, presidential rivals Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, and other world leaders can be easily tracked online through a fitness app that their bodyguards use... Le Monde found that some U.S. Secret Service agents use the Strava fitness app, including in recent weeks after two assassination attempts on Trump, in a video investigation released in French and in English. Strava is a fitness tracking app primarily used by runners and cyclists to record their activities and share their workouts with a community. Le...

France hosting a conference to raise support for humanitarian aid for war-torn Lebanon. One billion dollars raised to deal with a conflict that is likely to get worse as Israel tries to weaken Hezbollah to a point where the Lebanese army and or Christian factions in the country may be led into conflict with Hezbollah alongside the Israelis... Meanwhile the debate about France's new 'austerity' budget is underway. Like the previous government, the new one does not have a majority in the National Assembly... Today in Paris a protest of the "austerity" budget organized by "Les Patriotes" a faction that...

In a Paris court this week Marine Le Pen contesting the allegations against her and other defendants regarding European Parliament assistants employed by them. Le Pen saying the assistants were there to enlarge their political ideas as well as doing business related to the parliament. It's alleged that those assistants... By Thursday President Emmanuel Macron wanted to clarify remarks regarding Israel he was reported to have made on Tuesday. Those remarks... On Friday Emmanuel Macron found himself in Berlin alongside the outgoing US president Joe Biden along with... Today's small protest group in the dozens... Other protests in France today...

Exactly one year after the barbarous October 7th massacre, Israel continues to be mercilessly bombed on all sides, from the likes of Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis. Meanwhile, as the Jewish State fights for its very existence, some Western leaders, like France’s Emmanuel Macron, double down on an outrageous call to embargo arms for the IDF. What will be Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s next move in this exploding war against Iranian terror? Watch now.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized French President Emmanuel Macron over his call to halt arms deliveries to Israel to use in Gaza. Macron told France Inter radio that "the priority is what we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza."... Netanyahu responded: "Shame on them", referring to Macron and other Western leaders who have called...

A general policy speech this week from new Prime Minister Michel Barnier covered a wide range of matter but the financial condition of France's government was front and center... On social issues Barnier saying he supports the right to abortion and marriage for all. He also made it a point to mention "Anti-Semitism" alongside "Racism" saying his government has no tolerance for either. Marine Le Pen spoke of a 'crisis" in public finances... New Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau...promising a policy to control immigration...both legal and illegal means of immigrating into France will be targeted... On Friday 192 New Popular Front...

At the beginning of the week Prime Minister Michel Barnier saying he respected Marine Le Pen and the 11 million French who voted for the National Rally (RN). On Tuesday Mr. Barnier called Le Pen after his economy minister Antoine Armand made remarks... An allegation by a female member of the National Assembly leading to consequences for Senator Joel Guerriau... By late this week even President Emmanuel Macron was commenting on a murder case that shocked France and highlighted tensions over immigration... Also, on Friday Prime Minister Michel Barnier calling together the new cabinet and dividing them into five working...

There was no immediate sign that Israel was poised to enter Lebanon and the US Pentagon said on Wednesday it did not appear "imminent".But the IDF chief of staff's remarks were published shortly after the IDF called up two reserve brigades for "operational missions in the northern arena".When a BBC team visited an Israeli border town on Wednesday, the army said that Hezbollah fighters must move well back from the border, to positions north of the Litani River, as demanded by a UN resolution passed in 2006.Israel's allies, including the US, have said they are working to avoid all-out war...

As formation of a new cabinet played out in France during the week there were said to be tensions between Prime Minister Michel Barnier and President Emmanuel Macron and his faction... 20 of the 39 ministers names are from the "Macron faction". The leader of Les Republicains in the Senate Bruno Retailleau named Interior Minister. In the Senate the LR party of Mr. Barnier is the largest faction... On Thursday World Jewish Congress President Ron Lauder meeting President Macron at the Elysee Palace. Lauder describing Macron as "an unwavering ally to the Jewish people... In Rennes on Friday Police Commissioner...

When Emmanuel Macron called the snap National Assembly election in June my sense was that this election was ultimately about electing a majority that was Pro-Capitalist and Pro-Israel. The new majority would weather tough times ahead driven by military conflict with Russia, economic conflict with China and the Middle East conflict in general. Pivotal in that majority would be the National Rally which in the end did not finish first like the New Popular Front of the Left did but together with Macron's centrist forces and Les Republicains the Mainstream Right create that majority... an angry man confronted President Macron...

In the past any period under France's Fifth Republic constitution of 1958 where the National Assembly was controlled by a political party different from the President was a period described as "cohabitation". But this week President Emmanuel Macron launching a new chapter of Fifth Republic history by selecting a Prime Minister not formally leading any political faction but with a track record of government service as part of the Liberal Capitalist "Right". Michel Barnier holding posts... In a Friday night appearance on TF1 television new Prime Minister Michel Barnier saying "I will respect all political forces"... Many thousands protesting some...

Goal of the Authoritarian Deep State is to either #1 Shut down Telegram or #2 Coerce Durov into Censoring Content/Sharing Telegram User Data - French prosecutors say Telegram messaging app CEO has been freed from custody, will appear in court

Caretaker Prime Minister Gabriel Attal proposing what amounts to a budget freeze for 2025... Friday the first day of a long drawn-out series of discussions with various political factions held by President Emmanuel Macron. Macron brought his own "Centrist" faction in then the "Left" had its opportunity to meet him. The New Popular Front with support from 193 of the 577 deputies... And to emphasize at this moment keeping the Anti-Israel, Anti-Capitalist Left out of power in France is what underlies President Emmanuel Macron's actions in the post-election period. Also worth noting the arrest of Pavel Durov this weekend in...

President Emmanuel Macron this week trying to forge a new government that is ultimately Pro-Business and Pro-Banking as well as being Pro-Israel in the crunch. His caretaker Prime Minister Gabriel Attal seeking a common program with all political parties other than the National Rally and the LFI the "Far-Right" and "Far Left". It was about everything from improving purchasing power for the French to maintaining "values" and "secularism" in France. At the end of the week Mr. Macron punted the matter of a new government... Reacting to Mr. Macron's tactics this weekend the Leftist La Frnce Insoumise (France Rebellious) saying...

This past Tuesday a static protest in Paris in support of the Palestinians in Gaza... This week we learned more about a terrorism suspect taken into custody before the Olympics opened. The suspect admitting involvement in an attempt to stage an attack at a synagogue on July 16th. Dereck R. aged 26 said to have pledged allegiance to Daesh (ISIS)... The protest today a static one during the Paris Olympics with a small band of people gathering. Drums were playing during the protest rally... During the day more than 1100 kilometers of traffic jams reported in France... Well, the 2024...

"although the far right came out on top in the first round with nearly 11 million votes, you clearly refused to allow it to enter the Government, In the end no one won..." That's part of the letter President Emmanuel Macron released Wednesday evening his first formal response to the National Assembly elections. Meanwhile on the Left the "New Popular Front" demanded the right to form a government by virtue of controlling 180 of the 577 seats... The Palestinian flags evident in today's protest. "Solidarity" with Palestinians advertised as a theme in today's demonstration. The Yellow Vests parade of a...

A fierce week of campaigning ahead of tomorrow's second round in the election for 577 seats in France's National Assembly. The National Rally message focused on Emmanuel Macron his policies and what Marine Le Pen described as Macron's "coup" to make government appointments ahead of the final round of voting. The RN also focused its attack on the "chaos" of the Left. Meanwhile the New Popular Front focused on demonization of the "Far-Right" and what rule by the RN would mean for France. President Emmanuel Macron's moderate ENSEMBLE faction pulling many candidates out of three-way races to prevent RN victories....

On Wednesday police in New Caledonia staged early morning raids arresting eight people including Kanak independence leader Christian Tein... This week's visit to an arms show by National Rally President and prospective Prime Minister Jordan Bardella illustrated the mainstreaming of the RN. Bardella endorsing the sale of arms and ammunition... President Emmanuel Macron wants a discussion hour on 'racism and antisemitism' in all of France's schools. This follows the arrest of three 12-and1 13-year-old-suspects in the rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a Paris suburb... The reality of post October 7th politics in France coming to light this week...

Just as surely as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's July 4th election call gives power to the Labour Party in the UK French President Emmanuel Macron's call for National Assembly elections June 30th and July 7th will give power to the "Far-Right" National Rally. Why make this shocking move on the heels of last Sunday's National Rally victory in the European Parliament elections? Perhaps the answer lies in the fact that the muscle of the Right is needed in government to combat the Left which has Anti-Israel and Anti-Ukraine War elements among it. Macron's Liberal Capitalism would be better served...