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"We feel like we have the reincarnation of Margaret Thatcher" Sophie Binet is general-secretary of France's CGT trade union. She was speaking about the policies of the Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire... Emmanuel Macron pivoted away from his belligerence towards Russia in Ukraine to dramatize the issue of gang-related crime in the city of Marseille. A police crackdown started the week followed by an apparent surprise visit to Marseille by Mr. Macron... On Tuesday night France's Defense Ministry denying what was said about French troop deployment in Ukraine. Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergey Naryshkin said France planned to send...

MOSCOW, March 20. /TASS/. Eliminating French military personnel that may appear in Ukraine would be a critical but not particularly difficult mission for the Russian Armed Forces, but for Paris such a humiliating defeat of its legions would be tantamount to being guillotined, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said. "Actually, for the success of our cause, it would be nice if the restless French dispatched a couple of regiments to ‘Banderaland.’ It would be very problematic to hide such a number of servicemen, so systematically eliminating them would not be the most difficult task, but surely the most...

Villagers at a cemetery in Dordogne Department in southwest France were horrified that vandals painted Islamist slogans in French and Arabic on 58 graves, a church door, a World War I memorial and tomb art depicting the crucifixion. The defacement happened overnight in Clermont d’Excideuil between March 10 and March 11. A local church building near the cemetery had “Ramadan Mubarak” (“Blessed Ramadan”) daubed on its doors. Slogans within the cemetery included, “Submit yourselves to Allah,” “Happy Ramadan non-Muslims” and “Koufars,” meaning “unbelievers.” One of the grave slogans read, “France is already Allah’s,” according to British newspaper the Daily Mail....

A riot broke out on Sunday evening at a police station in a multicultural suburb of Paris following the killing of an 18-year-old man during a police chase. Molotov cocktails, fireworks, and other makeshift projectiles were thrown at the La Courneuve police station, in Seine-Saint-Denis, the home to one of the largest foreign-born communities in France. Trash fires were also set ablaze by the agitants. Paris Police Chief Laurent Nuñez announced on Monday morning that nine people have been arrested in connection to the riot, Le Figaro reports. Nuñez added that two police officers were injured by projectiles during the...

Before they ramp up the wars and confiscate our wealth to pay for out-of-control spending the Uniparty powers that be in Washington DC have to censor our speech... The Moderate Centrist Liberal Capitalist Globalists are running the show pushing an agenda carry out "The Great Reset" demanding compliance from all nations including Israel... What I Have Been Posting This Week On "Free Republic"... This week Congressman Ken.... Lauren Boebert has been in that sexualized spotlight in the context of her conduct and I'm not here to talk about that but I am here to say it like I said it...

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal descending upon a prestigious political science school in Paris Wednesday announcing a referral to a public prosecutor. It stemmed from a Pro-Palestinian protest Tuesday involving 100 students occupying a lecture hall at the "Sciences Po". The protesters keeping others out. The outrage from government and mainstream media in particular surrounded a comment directed towards a Jewish student. "Don't let her in, she's a Zionist" President Emmanuel Macron saying those remarks were "unspeakable and perfectly intolerable"... "Assisted Death" The social issues push ahead of the European Parliament election on June 9th continues... On Thursday Mr. Macron...

A previously private poll found that in the event of a dissolution of the French parliament and snap elections were called, Marine Le Pen’s populist National Rally party could win an outright majority in the National Assembly. In yet another demonstration of the growing popularity of the populist right in France, a survey commissioned by the centrist Les Républicains (LR) in December found that the National Rally (RN) of former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen could win between 243 and 305 seats in the National Assembly in the event snap elections were called.

Les Grand buffets in Narbonne have been offering the largest cheese platter in the world in a restaurant since December 2018. Over 111 varieties on a 30-metre shelf, every day of the year and as much as you can eat… You’ve never seen anything like it! The restaurant serves buffets of the great classics of traditional festive cuisine: royal seafood platter, lobster waterfall, 9 varieties of French duck foie gras, smoked salmon, lobster à l’Américaine, a Pantagruelic range of meat skewers and classic hearty bistro dishes, not to mention 50 homemade pastries. Savour from the 70 wines on the list...

French President Emmanuel Macron warned Western powers against showing any signs of weakness to Russia as he reiterated his position Thursday that sending Western troops into Ukraine shouldn’t be ruled out, though he said today’s situation doesn’t require it. ... “We’re not in that situation today,” he said, but added that “all these options are possible.” Macron, who is the commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces, declined to describe in which situation France would be ready to send troops. He said the responsibility for prompting such a move would lie with Moscow — “It wouldn’t be us” — and said...

A series of classified documents has debunked Western narratives about Kiev’s battlefield prospectsFrench President Emmanuel Macron’s talk about maybe sending troops to aid Kiev may have been spurred by three assessments produced by the French military that painted a dire picture of the Ukraine conflict, according to the magazine Marianne.The reports, which have somehow found their way into the weekly’s possession, argued that Ukraine wrecked its Western-trained force in the failed 2023 offensive, has run out of men to mobilize, and that its recent loss in Avdeevka shows it can’t even hold the line against Russia.“Ukraine cannot win this war...

Candace Owens has wagered her career that French President Emmanuel Macron's wife was born a man. The controversial conservative commentator took to X to tout the false theory, hours after outlining it on an episode of her podcast. It goes that French First Lady Brigitte Macron, 70, was actually born Jean-Michel Trogneux, before eventually transitioning at age 30.

The Assemblée Nationale voted in favor of the government's Ukraine strategy, including a bilateral security agreement between France and Ukraine.

The Centrist Liberal Capitalist movement of President Emmanuel Macron trying to contain taxes and inflation for the moment. The Macron faction hoping to maintain a plurality of support from the French electorate in the upcoming June 7th European Parliament elections. Social issues emphasized to suck in voters further to the Left as the Right in France solidifies behind notions ranging from peace in Ukraine to limits on immigration and an end to disintegration of French culture and tradition... ...a unanimous vote in France's National Assembly this week for legislation to pay reparations to 10,000 gay people discriminated against by laws...

French President Emmanuel Macron has angrily hit back at longstanding conspiracy theories that his 70-year-old wife Brigitte was born a man and is transgender, calling them “false and fabricated.” Macron, 47, was unusually candid and emotional about the ongoing speculation in certain right-wing circles about Brigitte Macron, whom he married in 2007. “The worst thing is the false information and fabricated scenarios,” Macron said at an International Women’s Day event in Paris Friday after he guaranteed the right to abortion in France’s Constitution. “People eventually believe them and disturb you, even in your intimacy.” Brigitte’s lookalike daughter, attorney Tiphaine Auzaine,...

Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti and French President Emmanuel Macron, background right, attendattend a ceremony to seal the right to abortion in the French constitution, on International Women's Day, at the Place Vendome, in Paris, France March 8, 2024. France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution Friday, a powerful message of support for women's right on International Women's Day. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool Photo via AP) © Provided by The Associated Press

Western powers will not censure Iran over its lack of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog at its Board of Governors meeting from Monday for fear of aggravating geopolitical tensions, diplomats said. Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in confidential quarterly reports seen by AFP that Tehran’s cooperation with the agency remained poor on several outstanding nuclear issues. These include expanding its nuclear work, deactivating agency surveillance devices for monitoring Iran’s nuclear programme, and barring senior inspectors. The so-called E3 group — France, Germany and the United Kingdom — initially planned to censure Iran for its lack...

France has become the first country in the world to make abortion a guaranteed right for women in its constitution. The bill was approved in an overwhelming 780-72 vote, and nearly the entire joint session stood in a long-standing ovation during the historic joint session of the lower and upper houses of the French parliament at the Palace of Versailles. There were jubilant scenes of celebration all over France as women's rights activists hailed the measure promised by President Emmanuel Macron following a rollback of abortion rights in court rulings in the United States. Abortion rights activists gathered in central...

What is the new French movement #MeTooGarçons?Is France facing a watershed moment for all those who have been silenced in the entertainment industry? The #MeTooGarçons campaign may be a small step in that direction, but it has certainly given male victims of abuse a voice. Launched by American activist Tarana Burke in 2006, the #MeToo hashtag was popularised by American actress Alyssa Milano on social networks, and contributed to the downfall of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. It shook Hollywood to its core and sparked worldwide conversations about the sexism, sexual harassment and abuse suffered by women across the planet, no...

“Democratic Party elites such as those on CNN are not just angry but genuinely confused by the fact that American voters don’t obey them.” — Glenn Greenwald. What’s most amazing about the fiasco that was the French Revolution is that it happened at exactly the same time that the United States successfully organized themselves into an orderly and effective government following the American Revolution. George Washington was elected and sworn-in by April of 1789, with the backing of an exemplary constitution assembled by the best minds in the land. The Bastille fell in July that same year. France then fell...

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...