Keyword: yellowvests
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Whatever the reasons perhaps economic or military challenges in the months ahead French President Emmanuel Macron made a very deliberate decision to call a sudden election with his moderate coalition at a disadvantage in relation to the Left and above all the Right in France. It was if the Liberal Capitalist banker turned politician Macron felt it necessary to allow the "Far-Right" National Rally a place in the halls of power. The events of October 7th in Israel and the conflict since have brought the Anti-Israel Pro-Palestinian Left out in both the National Assembly and on the streets. Some protests...
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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...
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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...
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The 80th Anniversary of D-Day hyped this week draped in Ukraine. Coffins placed near the Eiffel Tower at the beginning of the week depicting the notion of French soldiers bodies being brought back from Ukraine. Authorities moving quickly with a criminal investigation... Another interesting development this week the arrest of a man from the Russian speaking part of Eastern Ukraine. The man arrested on terrorism charges with bomb-making materials at his residence... On Friday Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addressing France's National Assembly... A final poll taken before Sunday's European Parliament vote in France showing the National Rally at 32 percent...
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The government of President Emmanuel Macron jolted by a downgrading of France's credit by a major ratings agency. Just nine days before the June 9th European Parliament elections... In the National Assembly Tuesday debate about French recognition of a Palestinian state. The "Centrist" supporters of President Emmanuel Macron and those... Also on Tuesday ten thousand protesting in Paris against Israeli military operations in southern Gaza... From Paris on Saturday afternoon a live video feed... The protest we see is clearly Pro-Palestinian the latest manifestation of such protest. The Macron government banning protests earlier this year now allowing them. One wonders...
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"major unprecedented insurrection" President Emmanuel Macron Talks During His Visit To New Caledonia On Thursday May 23rd Violence continued this week in New Caledonia public buildings attacked including schools and 300 cars torched at a car dealership... One theme of the government in response to the disturbances led by the native Kanak population opposing the planned dilution of their voting strength was to suggest foreign powers currently being demonized by Western nations were involved... On Thursday night a political debate linked to the European Parliament elections on June 9th... Today's Yellow Vest protest in Paris commemorating the Paris Commune... From...
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France's Liberal Capitalist President Emmanuel Macron touting foreign investment in France with a "Choose France" summit... The attack on a prison van in Normandy this week killing two... Violence in New Caledonia a French overseas territory around 750 miles northeast of Australia with a population of some 270,000 people. The native Kanak population angered by a 'constitutional reform' giving anyone resident in the island for 10 years the right to vote... Prime Minister Gabirel Attal dispatched army troops to the airport and port and banned TikTok... Late Friday an "assisted dying" bill crafted by committee of France's National Assembly. It...
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The National Rally leading polling for the European Parliament elections next month... Last weekend President Emmanuel Macron broached the notion of proportional elections for the National Assembly instead of the current 'first past the post' system. In Marseille Thursday the arrival of the Olympic torch in France. A 12-day voyage from Greece for the torch... Video from Paris on Saturday afternoon. In this video one sees in the beginning tables set up by Leftist activists spreading an intense anti-capitalist... Also in Paris on Saturday afternoon a "Let's Preserve Innocence" demonstration... Meanwhile a Yellow Vests protest held in the streets of...
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The traditional day of protest in Franc May 1st no exception this year grievances over the cost of the Olympics late this summer in Paris on the minds of demonstrators. 121,00 protesters according to police across France on Wednesday with the CGT trade union... The speech of President Emmanuel Macron last week about Europe deemed to be a political speech ahead of the European Parliament elections next month... Also on Thursday President Macron bringing up the notion of French troops in Ukraine again... 91 Pro-Palestinian protesters removed from the "Sciences Po" political science school... A small band of protesters took...
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"No summons, no intimidation of any kind will prevent us from protesting against the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people" Mathilde Panot-Leader Of "La France Insoumise" In The National Assembly Following A Police Summons For Alleged "Glorification Of Terrorism" The Liberal Capitalist Globalist government of French President Emmanuel Macron has had the French "Left" in its crosshairs for more than a year now... The Anti-Terrorism Police arresting a 16-year old suspect accused of making a statement on social media about become a "martyr" at the Paris Olympics...On Friday that 16-year old was formally indicted... The Liberal Capitalist policies of President...
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Plans for the 2024 Paris Olympics 100 years after Paris Olympics of 1924 involved an elaborate opening ceremony along the Seine River but now security concerns and fear of terrorism are putting those plans into question... This week National Rally leaders Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen in the National Assembly saying defeat for the government in the European Parliament elections on June 9th should lead to dissolution of the Assembly and new elections in France... This week the leader of France's main Leftist party (LFI) Jean-Luc Melenchon was banned from speaking in a room at the University of Lille......
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The tight band of security for the Paris Olympics includes major portions of the city center and areas around Olympic venues turning into special "Anti-Terrorist Zones"... This protest one by motorcyclists against government laws regarding motorcycles. Protests called across France today to oppose government requirements for inspection... But there was indeed a Yellow Vests protest today this long-form video shows today's demonstration...
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This week Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in a direct conversation with his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu. Shoigu warning about any deployment of French troops in Ukraine leading to consequences... Violence against French school students became a big story with two attacks on teenagers. Earlier in the week in the southern city of Montpellier a 13-year-old girl (Samara) attacked outside her school by a gang of teens. The gang said to number 20 to 25... And then near Paris on Thursday the beating of a 15-year-old schoolboy. Several attackers beat him badly after he left a music class... This six-hour...
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President Emmanuel Macron's government raising the terrorism threat to its highest level last Sunday night in response to the Moscow terrorist attack. Officials in Moscow drawing links between the deadly Crocus City Hall attack and Ukraine and nations allied to Ukraine... Foreign soldiers coming to Paris this summer to provide security at the Summer Olympics that begin on July 26th. Poland announcing a military contingent... The head teacher of a school in Paris resigned his position fearing for his life... On Wednesday Prime Minister Gabriel Attal talking a controversial scheme to deal with a spiraling budget deficit. ' Attal appeared...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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