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The death of Thomas, a 16-year-old stabbed after a dance party in southeastern France on November 19th triggered protests with the "Far-Right" blamed by the government. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin saying the government is seeking to ban small "Far-Right" organizations following those protests... The government of President Emmanuel Macron casting a wider net amid the controversy with a direct attack on the National Rally in France's National Assembly. Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti accusing the RN of seeking to divide France between its Catholic rural parts and urban Muslim parts. He claimed the RN needs to expel Racists and Nazis in...

On Thursday for the 18th time Emmanuel Macron's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne used Article 49.3 of the French Constitution allowing a French President the ability to pass legislation without a vote by legislators... This week two migrants dying in the English Channel after their boat packed with 60 people who set off from the French coast at Boulogne. French police said to have been on hand when the boat left taking no action. France and the UK cut a deal earlier his year to address the flood of migrants with France expected to step up enforcement. Word today that two...

On Friday night in Paris the fifth anniversary of the Yellow Vests was commemorated and there would be many more commemorations today Saturday... For ten hours on Friday President Emmanuel Macron holding a consultation with leaders of opposition parties willing to participate. This was the last in a series of meetings that some opposition parties like Environmentalist and the National Rally attended with its President Jordan Bardella in the room. But other opposition forces including the LFI (Left) and Les Republicans (Mainstream Right)... Following last Sunday's Civic March against Anti-Semitism Marine Le Pen the National Rally leader in the National...

The Anti-Semitic incidents in France following the start of the war in Israel on October 7th under investigation by French authorities with arrests in the hundreds. But one particularly nasty looking incident was the painting of Stars of David on the sides of homes and buildings in Paris and its suburbs. Now the French government pointing an accusing finger at Russia... A civic march against Anti-Semitism set for Paris tomorrow led by the leading officials of France's National Assembly and Senate. But the Left in France and even some Centrist and Pro-Government politicians balking at participation by the "Far-Right". The...

Last Sunday President Emmanuel Macron who's been on a conservative "law and order" path for much of this year tried to strike a more progressive tone last Sunday calling for abortion to be enshrined in France's constitution. Prior to his re-election last year, Macron moved the bar for abortion in France from 12 weeks to 14 weeks proclaiming it to be "Pro-Choice". In the United States some states like Mississippi passed slightly more liberal 15-week abortion laws proclaiming them to be "Pro-Life". This weekend marks five years since the Yellow Vests protests first emergeed in November of 2018... Today's Yellow...

France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announcing Thursday 789 Anti-Semitic incidents and 389 arrests in France since... "a crime against people and peace and must be unreservedly condemned" "The Israeli state has a duty to defend itself" "France is paying for its diplomacy of denial" "Security will require a Palestinian state" National Rally leader in France's National Assembly Marine Le Pen speaking... France was one of 120 nations that voted for the UN General Assembly resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza... The French Navy assault carrier "Tonnerre" in the Eastern Mediterranean with two guided missile frigates... 750 Euro (790...

"A period of decency" The expression used by French President Emanuel Macron to justify the blanket ban on Pro-Palestinian protests in France imposed on Thursday October 12th by Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. That ban reversed last Wednesday by France's Council of State... On Thursday in Arras the funeral of teacher Dominique Bernard stabbed to death Friday before... President Macron's government again invoking Article 49.3 of the Constitution to force legislation through the National Assembly... On Saturday afternoon in Paris live video from a protest...Protesters gathering and writing their messages on cardboard... Around 230 pm this afternoon another protest a static...

Reacting to last weekend's attack on Israel President Emmanuel Macron condemning the attacks on civilians and the taking of hostages. The president of France's leading opposition force the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, expressing "totalist solidarity" with Israel stating that "crimes against humanity" took place last weekend.... On Thursday, Mr. Darmanin, suggested as a Presidential candidate in 2027, ordered all Pro-Palestinian protests in France banned. He also ordered arrests of those organizing such protests and "troublemakers" associated with the protests. Several thousand Pro-Palestinian demonstrators came out at the Place de la Republique in Paris on Thursday evening anyway. Police using tear...

This week in France talk about bed bugs and fear of bed bugs with police using sniffer dogs to inspect trains and subways for the pests. The need to act driven by the Olympics in Paris set for July 26-August 11 of next year... But perhaps the bedbug issue was a way of distracting from the economic hardships in France related to inflation. That became obvious this week with word that clothing sales in France declined sharply last month... No sanctions against Azerbaijan at this time. The message from President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday... In Paris this afternoon the small...

Late Wednesday evening about Midnight French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced that Article 49.3 of the 1958 "Fifth Republic" Constitution would be invoked for the 12th time since President Emmanuel Macron was unable to secure a majority in last year's legislative elections... On Thursday President Emmanuel Macron in Corsica the homelands of Napoleon Bonaparte proposing autonomy for the always restive region. Macron broaching ideas like use of the Corsican language in a bid to appease nationalists who have controlled local offices on the island since 2018... Last Sunday night Mr. Macron announced that France's ambassador and soldiers were pulling out...

President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte got to be "on stage" this week as British King Charles and Queen Camilla came for a on official visit. The visit postponed from earlier this year when there were mass street protests opposing the imposition of a higher retirement age by Presidential decree. Also visiting France at the end of the week, Pope Francis... The Interior Ministee Gerald Darmanin took a hard line this week as the European Union sought to move migrants who swarmed... Former President Nicolas Sarkozy threw a line to the current President Macron this week by urging his...

More public opinion polling this week much of it focused on Marine Le Pen creating a full picture of her positives and negatives... French cabinet ministers met Friday to discuss the migrant flood that reached the Italian island of Lampedusa this week. 7000 in two days. A shorter video clip from today's protest in Paris. Yellow Vests worn by most of the group that sang as they marched drums also present. One carboard sign displayed by a protester reads: "Tout augmente la misere aussi Dehors Macron" linking President Emmanuel Macron to the notion that: "Everything increases the misery"... In rural...

As it stands now Emmanuel Macron cannot run for a third term as France's President in 2027. After running as a finalist in the last two Presidential elections, Marine Le Pen seems poised for a win. No political polls have been taken in France since earlier this year when Le Pen was defeating the incumbent Macron in a face-to-face matchup. This week a new public opinion poll focused on the "favorability" of politicians and... The unpopularity of President Emmanuel Macron confirmed last night at the Stade de France... A 16-year old boy of Turkish descent declared brain-dead in France Thursday...

The Centrist Movement of President Emmanuel Macron's slavish devotion to banking-business priorities for France like a higher retirement age and a lower corporate tax burden doesn't excite grass roots voters. In fact, they caught on when fuel taxes were imposed back in the fall of 2018 in the name of "Climate" and millions came out into the streets to launch the Yellow Vests protests that were massive in scale until the government backed down on the fuel taxation. Also in the mix incidents of violence in the center of Paris and allegations of Anti-Semitism among the protesters. Last Sunday's move...

President Emmanuel Macron talking about the violence on French streets in recent month and the police killing of "Nahel" in Marseille. Speaking to "Le Point" Macron said most of those arrested were born in France (90 percent) and that they often came from single-parent families or... On the big issue of "Climate" that has played in France this week... Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin denied that immigration would be a deciding issue in the 2027 presidential election. In an interview with the "La Voix Du Nord" newspaper Darmanin said it was possible that Marine Le Pen would win the Presidential Election...

The mix of the news from France this week includes the issue of migration and the massive trafficking in migrants through France and in some cases across the English Channel to UK. The British government is now paying France to help police the massive migrant influx. Six migrants died in a mishap... France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin continuing a "law and order" theme from the Emmanuel Macron government with the deployment of the elite CRS police to Marseille... Hot weather remains a big taking point in the Mainstream Media... The video of the Yellow Vests protesting in Paris this afternoon...

Tensions this week over Niger the former French colony that is a source of uranium for France's extensive network of nuclear power plants and home base for 1,500 French soldiers.... France's top political leaders remain highly unpopular. An Elabe poll this week for Radio Classique showing President Emmanuel Macron with the trust of only 29 percent of those 18 and older polled...

On Thursday Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin met with the leaders of police unions amid the tensions over the four police officers charged with attacking a protester in Marseille... As for President Macron his attention on the Pacific with visits to the French territory of New Caledonia and the South Pacific nations of Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea. Macron taking jabs at China during the journey underscoring the confrontation the "rules-based international order" is engaging in with China... As Mr. Macron tried to battle China in the South Pacific there was a coup in the former French African colony of Niger....

This week in France's National Assembly National Rally (RN) lawmaker Julien Odoul introducing legislation to require athletes to compete using the sex registered on their birth certificate. Odoul says the legislation is needed to "preserve women's sport" and to combat what amounts to "a form of legalized doping" that enables athletes born male to have a physiological advantage. On Thursday a reshuffling of the cabinet in France... In Marseille four police officers indicted and one placed in custody in connection with the beating of a 21-year-old man during the violent incidents on France's streets just weeks ago... There was a...

President Emmanuel Macron showing his commitment to the Ukraine War Against Russia at the NATO summit in Lithuania this week. Macron announcing delivery of long-range "Scalp" missiles to Ukraine... And the honored guest at Bastille Day festivities on Friday in Paris India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Macron hugging Modi as the Indian leader arrived at the Elysee Palace... In the National Assembly a National Rally (RN) Deputy called on the government to prosecute Left National Assembly members for being at last weekend's rally protesting the police ove the 2016 death of Adama Traore. Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti saying the RN...