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This week Prime Minister Gabirel Attal tried to draw Marine Le Pen into a debate on agricultural issues in the midst of the ongoing farmers protests... The Agriculture Show came to Paris Friday but so did protesting farmers staging an event with a convoy of tractors.... French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin moving quickly Thursday arresting Imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi and expelling him back to Tunisia... Today President Emanuel Macron trying to make a splash as the Agricultural Show in Paris saying he offers the way out of the grievances of the farmers caused by Free Market Global Capitalism undercutting the livelihoods...

A tough stance on immigration and asylum seeking from France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. But not on the "Mainland" of France instead in the Indian Ocean on island of Mayotte... At a Tuesday night dinner with members of the National Assembly in the government faction, Prime Minister Gabirel Attal took aim at Marine Le Pen. Attal may run for President in 2027... On a week when the British and Japanese economies went into recession an admission that France's economy is stagnating further. France already had a pretty poor projection for economic growth in 2024 now Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire...

Francois Bayrou and his "Democratic Movement" were an important "centrist" party in the parliamentary majority enjoyed by President Emmanuel Macron after Macron won his first term as President in 2017. This week, Mr. Bayrou, a former Education Minister, found his name in the news suggested as a new Defense Minister for France... Getting back to the political weakness of the Centrist government. Just days ago First Round polling for the 2027 Presidential Election Marine Le Pen at 36 percent. Current Prine Minister Gabirel Attal and Le Havre Mayor and former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe trailing when matched up against her......

During the week the protest movement of French farmers that took root in the southwestern regions spread nationwide. The French farmers protest reflecting the frustration of farmers across the European Union. Rules and regulations limiting the use of land already in force and more related to climate in the pipeline. The movement of cheap agricultural goods across the borders of the EU nations and goods from beyond its borders an added element of frustration harming French farmers ability to get higher prices for their goods. Even now the European Union is fast-tracking a deal with the South American nations... By...

Protest in France has tapered off since the Yellow Vests mass demonstrations in late 2018 and early 2019 but this week a spirited nationwide protest by farmers emerged. Larg conglomerates and global businesses the target of farmers anger since their policies threaten the ability of French farmers to make a living... French political leader Florian Philippot ("Les Patriots") saying that deal with the South American countries: "will kill our agriculture"... As the protests spread to highways in the Paris area Friday Prime Minister Gabirel Attal appearing at a cattle farm. He announced measures including the cancellation of a planned tax...

When a Top 50 list of personalities in France came out at the end of last year 28-year-old Jordan Bardella was on it. Bardella is President of the National Rally it's number two personality behind Marine Le Pen who leads the party in the National Assembly. While Le Pen is expected to run for President in 2027 Bardella will take the lead position in this year's European Parliament elections for the RN. Polling done this weekend... The need for youthful leadership in President Emmanuel Macron's Centrist Liberal Capitalist movement to counter this leading to career advancement for 34-year-old Gabriel Attal...

As we went into the weekend talk in France that President Emmanuel Macron was ready to shake up his government. Talk that Macron might ditch his current Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. Today in French media the discussion about who might be the new Prime Minister. Former National Assembly President Richard Ferrand taking his name out of consideration. Meanwhile polling data points to the political strength of Marine Le Pen who leads the National Rally in France's National Assembly. Which politician is most 'in touch' with the everyday concerns of the average person in France?... The protest in Paris a small...

60 personalities in the entertainment industry coming out in support of legendary actor Gerard Depardieu. Depardieu dealing with a rape case in the criminal justice system and other accusations leveled in a recent TV documentary... 2,500 signatories on a manifesto this weekend condemning Depardieu and denouncing a 'law of silence'... On Christmas Day the plane with alleged ties to human trafficking was allowed to leave France... For New Year's Eve in France a mobilization of 90,000 police including 6,000 in Paris... Many protesters today with their Yellow Vests others not wearing vests. A yellow flag used in the protest today....

When the immigration law deal was cut last Tuesday Marine Le Pen proclaimed an: "ideological victory" After the vote President Emmanuel Macron claimed the new law was a way to stop the National Rally from gaining strength politically. Many of the left-leaning members of his grand Centrist alliance dismayed... Macron will not run in the 2027 Presidential Election. For now, as his movement considers possible candidates in a race where Marine Le Pen personally looks strong and ideas of the Right gain popularity Mr. Macron continues to irk the left... Now Macron has weighed in on the rape and sexual...

The delicate balance of President Emmanuel Macron's "Centrist" government maintaining power without a majority in the National Assembly was upset Monday. The vote 270-265 against the government with 13 abstentions. The modified legislation on immigration from the Senate shot down on a motion brought by France's Left upset over the strictness of the proposed law... Cultural conflict involving a French school led to a teacher walkout. The story not clearly state by Mainstream Media but it began with Muslim students aged 11 and 12 averting their eyes from a classic painting of naked women... Today's protest event seen here is...

"With each attack, it's always the same questions, always a known perpetrator, spotted, monitored but nothing is done" "Terrorism is not looked in the face but ignored" Marine Le Pen commenting on last Saturday night's terrorist attack in Paris... French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne interviewed by "Le Figaro" saying: "I don't believe in the normalization of the National Rally" Borne contending that the RN leader in the National Assembly Marine Le Pen has not repudiated the beliefs of her father Jean Marie Le Pen... And the reason for Borne to link the daughter Le Pen with the father Le Pen...

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...