Keyword: yellowvests
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In committee last week a key provision of legislation proposed by the National Assembly lawmakers from France's overseas territories taken out. That was the part restoring France's retirement age to 62. When the full assembly take on the legislation next week there will be an effort to put it back in... This week President Emmanuel Macron forced to clarify comments of his Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne... Next Tuesday (June 6th) will be a nationwide day of strikes and protest against President Macron's imposition of pension reform... The First Live Video From Paris Today Of Yellow Vests Protest. A protester in...
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On June 6th a major effort at protests nationwide against President Emmanuel Macron's imposition of pension reform is planned. For now there are smaller protests like this one in Paris last Tuesday. A banner at the protests read in full when translated into English: Money for Our salaries, pensions, our allocations Not for war or repression! The protest sign a concise summary of conditions in France right now where Macron's neo-liberal capitalist agenda is in full bloom. One major move lessening long-term government spending through pension cuts has been imposed. The raising of the retirement age to 64 is a...
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Emmanuel Macron staged an event "Choose France" on Monday promoting the notion of Global Business investing in France. Luminaries like Elon Musk meeting Mr. Macron... A very disturbing event Tuesday with the Grand Nephew of President Macron's wife, Brigitte, attacked.... And on Thursday a media stir over posters of Emmanuel Macron put on display the night before. The posters depicting Macron with a Hitler moustache... Friday brought a ruling from an Administrative Court in Lille against the government for keeping a file on people arrested during the protests against pension reform... And What About The Notion Of An Active "Far-Right"...
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It happened a week ago today in Paris. A rally of a "Far-Right" group in Paris that got no attention till after the fact but by Monday it became a big story in the Mainstream Media. Was it a staged event like the ones here in the US of the so-called "Patriot Front"? Accounts Minister Gabriel Attal suggested last Tuesday that some of those protesting last weekend were associated with the National Rally of Marine Le Pen. Earlier in the week Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin director local prefects of police to ban "far right" protests... Meanwhile on Friday a festive...
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May Day is a traditional day of Leftist and Labor Union protests in France. But this year the demonstrations amplified by opposition to President Emmanuel Macron's imposition of pension reform without legislative approval. 2.3 million people protesting nationwide according to the CGT labor union federation while the Ministry of the Interior says the number was less than a million. The government and the mainstream media didn't make much of the peaceful nature of the huge crowds but chose to seize upon January 6th style incidents of vandalism involving the usual suspects black uniformed anarchists. Arrests and injuries to police highlighted...
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This week Emmanuel Macron encountered various kinds of protests as he attempted to tour France and tout his concern for teachers (higher pay) and health care among other issues. But everywhere he went there was dissent ranging from the clanging of pots and pans to up close conversations challenging him regarding the issue that is unresolved. The issue of him imposition of pension reform without a National Assembly vote including the raising of the retirement age from 62 to 64. Other cabinet ministers and the Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne greeted with the: "Concert de Casseroles" translated into English: "Concert of...
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On Thursday as railroad workers staged a nationwide strike and protest opposing him, French President Emmanuel Macron tried to work on his unpopularity with a visit to a group of teachers. Macron promising pay increases... Pots and pans clanged across France Monday evening as Macron made his 'move on' speech seeking to change the subject from his imposition of pension reform without a legislative vote. Police banned such protests in a number of communities Monday night (Dijon, Marseille) and when Macron made his visit to the teachers on Thursday local authorities imposed a ban on all noise making activity around...
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In the last week it has been painfully clear that Emmanuel Macron wants to move on from his imposition of pension reforms including the rise in retirement age to 64 from 62. The visit to China allowed Mr. Macron to plant the notion that France should steer clear of the US-China confrontation over Taiwan take a middle ground oppose what he asserted were belligerent positions on both sides. There are those in France Left and Right who have disdain for the United States. Perhaps Macron thought he could gain popular support and traction by drawing attention... Macron's visit to the...
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The latest day of mass protest and strikes against pension reform in France Thursday brought out two million participants to demonstrate in the streets according to labor union organizers. The government claiming that only 570,000 participated. French politics this week included the controversy over junior cabinet minister Marlene Schiappa posing for the cover of "Playboy" magazine in a risqué way... Meanwhile Elabe commissioned a poll about what a Presidential Election would look like if there was one in France right and Marine Le Pen of the National Rally came out a winner... Mr. Macron in China for a three-day visit...
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On Friday French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne meeting local union leaders in the town of Nevers. Next week she will receive national trade union leaders at her official residence in Paris (Hotel Matignon). The government trying to find some agreement with union leaders that keeps the retirement age raised to 64 as imposed by President Emmanuel Macron's use of his Article 49.3 powers. The government willing to talk about any and all issues beyond pension reform but union leaders at the national level unified. Ahead of the latest mass protests and strikes last Tuesday a government narrative that demonstrations were...
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Normally French presidents do their TV interviews in prime time but Emmanuel Macron chose the mid-day news program for an interview on Wednesday in which he stood resolutely behind the pension reform plan he rammed through without a vote by legislators. In addition Macron pointed to the protests in the streets saying that union grievances should be listened to an responded to but that there are others militant and extreme. He said those kind of people protesting in the streets are like those who entered the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 or Brazilian government buildings on January 8th of...
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Next Thursday (March 23rd) declared another day of strikes and protest in France but new strikes and protests already launched en masse following President Emmanuel Macron's pulling of the trigger on pension reform. Fearful that a majority would not endorse the change of the retirement age from 62 to 64 and the shuffling of benefits, Macron went for the nuclear option of using Article 49.3 of the French Constitution.... In Paris garbage workers have already been on strike for more than a week now and union leaders on Friday urged more trash collectors to go on strike across the country......
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Mass protests involved some 3.5 million people this last Tuesday according to union organizers, the government claiming a smaller number 1.28 million. It was a day of strike action a shutdown day in France with oil refineries, airports, railroads and schools impacted. The strongest signs yet of mass opposition to the "pension reform' proposed by President Emmanuel Macron... The mainstream media in France broaching the notion that President Macron may have to use the "nuclear option" of Article 49.3 to push through the pension overhaul. That constitutional provision gives a French President the ability to pass legislation without approval of...
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In the latest Twitter Files revelations American journalist Matt Taibbi looked into the US government's "Global Engagement Center" ostensibly started to fight terrorist activity online. It became a vehicle for blacklisting by the US government that mainly hit conservatives but France's Yellow Vests also figured in the work of the "GEC" with a Twitter employee stating that the GEC's reporting: "attributes membership in the Yellow Vest movement as being Russia-aligned"... Meanwhile this coming Tuesday a national shutdown day in France in opposition to President Emmanuel Macron's "Pension Reform" plan the massive strike denounced by government spokesman Olivier Veran. At a...
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On Friday French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne talking about spending 100 billion Euros (105 billion US Dollars) to modernize the French rail system by 2040. The plan creates new rail lines in 12 large cities and expands rail service in the countryside. The massive plan aimed at creating a rail system that is an alternative to the use of cars... Meanwhile the 2030 scheme of President Emmanuel Macron, pension reform, is on a path to its final approval by March 26th... The Saturday afternoon protest in Paris is again underway... Today French President Emmanuel Macron announced a trip to China...
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On Friday supporters of President Macron in the assembly dropped intense accusations that the "Left" was "nostalgic for the guillotine". It was also said that the pension reform opponents longed for the days of "The Terror" during the French Revolution. But in the end the debate ended at Midnight Friday without a full examination of the text as the government moved the proposal onto the Senate. The Senate must act by March 12th then 'pension reform' goes back to a joint committee of both the Assembly and Senate the final deadline for passage March 26th... As the debate between the...
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This week when Left member of the National Assembly Thomas Portes posed with his foot on a ball bearing the likeness of Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt outrage from the supporters of President Emmanuel Macron amplified by the mainstream media. A recurring theme was that his action signified a: "call to violence" by opponents of President Macron's pension reform scheme. On Friday evening a majority of deputies voted to exclude Mr. Portes from the Assembly for 15 days... The themes of mainstream media going into today's protest the notion of violent or extreme actions from pension reform opponents and the...
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As the largest crowds yet took to the streets Tuesday objecting to President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform scheme, Macron moved in another direction talking Ukraine and saying additional options were possible like warplanes. Many see more weapons for Ukraine as having the potential to lead to "World War Three" with nuclear weapons a possibility. But back in France when it comes to pensions Mr. Macron has a 'nuclear option' to force through his 'pension reform' proposal. It's the use of Article 49.3 of France's 1958 Constitution (The Fifth Republic) one of the many strong powers dictated by Charles de Gaulle...
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As the protest movement against the 'pension reform' plan of President Emmanuel Macron appears to be large and widespread there's been a circling of the ranks by Macron, his Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and cabinet ministers. The government getting promotional support from mainstream media as they suggest protests and strikes will hurt holiday plans for the French next month. As was the case with the Yellow Vests just over four years ago the possibility of incidents involving black uniformed anarchists looms large. Political leaders like Marine Le Pen of the National Rally have repeatedly said the activities of such individuals...
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The Global Elites talk 2030 often when it comes to "Climate" and it should come as no surprise that banker turned politician Emmanuel macron sees 2030 as the time to drop 'pension reform' on France. His Prime Minister announced the plan Tuesday evening that will raise the retirement age to 64 from 62 and revamp France's retirement system.. But of course is the "Left" in France ready to fight for working people or will the "New Left" of "Climate" and "Reproductive Rights" and "LGBTQI Rights" fight so hard as Emmanuel Macron has done much to entice them into supporting him...
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