Contrarian Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 (edited) October 16th / 2022 - VIDEO Tens of thousands of people protested in Paris. The demonstration was organized by Melenchon's extreme left against Emmanuel Macron and the rise in prices. According to the BFMTV news station, the organisers stated that the rally brought together 140,000 people in the capital, while the police estimated the participation at 30,000 people. Edited October 16, 2022 by Contrarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 Socialists won the presidency there when the various crises of the 1970s came around.... I was there at the time and it wasn't pleasant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted October 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) France is bracing itself for nationwide transport strike and general disruption on Tuesday as the government and unions continued to row over walkouts at oil depots that have sparked fuel shortages. Several of the most powerful unions called for the strikes in their biggest challenge to Emmanuel Macron since he won a second presidential term in May. The industrial action which is likely to involve public sector employees comes after workers at several refineries and depots operated by TotalEnergies voted to extend their strike in defiance of the government which has started a process of requisition - ordering staff back to their posts. Union activists say they want to highlight the injustice of the government move. "Requisition is unacceptable and it is never the right solution," Force Ouvrière's secretary general Frédéric Souillot told the French politics TV channel Public Sénat. Methods Similar methods were used last week at the Mardyck depot in the north of the country. Fuel workers, who are members of the CGT union, voted to continue stoppages at several refineries run by TotalEnergies despite other unions and the firm's management agreeing a deal. The different stances between the unions have affected three out of seven of the country's oil refineries. Five major fuel depots have also been hit, the government said on Monday night. Last Wednesday, during an interview on France 2, Macron said he expected a resolution to the disputes within a week. On Monday he reiterated his desire for the sparring to end. "I stand with our fellow citizens who are struggling and who are fed up with this situation," he added. During Tuesday's action, France's rail operator SNCF said there would be severe disruptions with half of train services cancelled. Services RATP, which runs bus, rail, tram and metro services in Paris and its immediate suburbs, said there would also be fewer services although travel within the capital should be unaffected. On Sunday, an estimated 30,000 people rallied through the streets of Paris to protest about the rising cost of living. The demonstration was called by the left-wing political opposition and led by Jean-Luc Melenchon, the head of the France Unbowed (LFI) party. Security forces fired teargas and launched baton charges after they were pelted with objects, while on the fringes of the march, people dressed in black ransacked a bank. Some protesters wore yellow fluorescent vests, the symbol of the often violent anti-government protests in 2018 that cast a shadow over Macron's first term as president.https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20221017-france-faces-day-of-disruption-over-rising-cost-of-living-and-fuel-shortages Edited October 17, 2022 by Contrarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted October 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) Grief and outrage in France over the murder of a 12-year-old girl found dumped in a plastic trunk in Paris has turned into a political row over the migrant status of the suspect. Lola's body was found last Friday in a courtyard outside the apartment block where she lived. A 24-year-old woman has been remanded in custody on suspicion of murder, rape as well as acts of torture. It has also emerged she is an Algerian immigrant under orders to leave France. Shortly after President Emmanuel Macron met the murdered girl's parents at the Élysée Palace on Tuesday and promised his full support, political opponents accused the government of failing the family. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63303438Tens of thousands of French workers took to the streets Tuesday across the country, striking for pay hikes that keep up with rising inflation. The industrial action came after weeks of walkouts that have hobbled French oil refineries and sparked gasoline shortages around the country. “It’s time to go back to work,” French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Tuesday about people on strike in the French refineries of oil giant TotalEnergies. Rail and other transportation workers, trucking and bus companies, some high school teachers and public hospital employees have heeded a call by an oil workers’ union to push for salary increases and protest government intervention in the refinery strikes. According to the Interior Ministry, over 100,000 people marched Tuesday in multiple protests in French cities. Edited October 19, 2022 by Contrarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted October 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) France and Spain have struck a new deal to build an underwater gas pipeline from Barcelona to Marseille, cancelling a long-stalled pipeline project that would have connected the countries through the Pyrenees. The pipeline will allow Spain and Portugal, two leading importers of liquefied natural gas (LNG), to bring their excess supplies to France and other European countries. LNG has become the go-to commodity to replace the vast volumes of Russian gas that the Kremlin has cut off since launching the invasion of Ukraine. The European Union is trying to secure as much LNG as commercially possible in order to make it through the winter without major power blackouts or gas rationing. The deal was announced by French President Emmanuel Macron, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa.https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/10/20/spain-and-france-announce-new-deal-to-build-underwater-gas-pipeline Edited October 21, 2022 by Contrarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted October 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2022 2 French tourists vs Gondola in Italy Another week, another spate of terrible behavior from tourists in Italy. Hot on the heels of a woman posing naked on the steps of the cathedral in Amalfi, two tourists to Venice have been apprehended for allegedly stealing a gondola. The pair, said to be French nationals, are accused of stealing the gondola from the Accademia station, beside the famous bridge of the same name, to go for a spin along the Grand Canal around 1.30 a.m. on Thursday. The gondola's owner, Giorgio Bognolo, said the contents of the boat -- a cover, cushions, decorations and other items worth several hundred dollars -- were thrown into the canal, before it was paddled away like a canoe. He said the joyriders were apprehended when three locals in a passing boat noticed the gondola zigzagging back and forth across the canal, and realized something was amiss. "They did a really ugly thing -- if I did something like that in France, they'd lock away the key. They're extremely lucky [to have done it in Italy]. The police kept us separated but I'd have liked to have slapped them." said the owner. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/tourists-steal-gondola-venice/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 France's Emmanuel Macron & German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and will no doubt be all smiles when they meet in Paris to talk future co-operation in Europe. But behind the bonhomie, both sides know the EU's central relationship is under strain as rarely before. On a host of subjects - defence, energy, aid to business, EU expansion - the two countries today find themselves pulling in opposite directions. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63389717 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Macron’s government survived; but can it truly govern France? In a sign of challenges that lie ahead for the French president and his agenda, the far left and far right joined forces against the government in no-confidence motions late Monday.https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-elisabeth-borne-government-survive-france-parliament/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted October 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 France won't extradite retired priest Johannes Rivoire, accused of sexually abusing Inuit children Public Prosecution Service of Canada says there's still a 'reasonable' chance Rivoire can be prosecutedhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/france-extradition-denied-johannes-rivoire-1.6630326 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted March 7 Author Report Share Posted March 7 Trending: Labor unions in France are protesting President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62 — leaving trains idle, ports closed and schools empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcsapper Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 1 hour ago, Contrarian said: Trending: Labor unions in France are protesting President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62 — leaving trains idle, ports closed and schools empty. They don't know they're born... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted March 7 Author Report Share Posted March 7 2 hours ago, bcsapper said: They don't know they're born... They need centrism too. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nationalist Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 And the EU weakens more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted March 16 Author Report Share Posted March 16 7 hours ago, Contrarian said: ⬆️ Trending | Protests, Riots expected in France as unions, known for <--- far-left violence take to the streets after Macron Pushes French Pension Bill Through Without Full Vote.President Emmanuel Macron, shy of support in Parliament for his contentious proposal to raise the retirement age, used a constitutional measure to enact the bill without putting it to a vote in the powerful National Assembly. Video for the above: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 (edited) ⬆️ Tending, FSB disinformation is circulating in Europe & other areas that the Paris protests have something to do with NATO. ---> FALSE. The fan page of a Sydney-based pro-Putin activist has claimed video footage shows “millions” of French protesters marching against globalism and NATO. But the claim is false. The footage was recorded at a rally in Paris against recently unveiled pension reforms, as confirmed by the original creators of the footage and the General Confederation of Labour, one of the unions at the forefront of the action. Edited March 17 by Contrarian edit design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted March 19 Author Report Share Posted March 19 (edited) ⬆️ <--- New extreme far-left violence in France. There are 1-2 unions that are leading the chaos on the streets. The unions in France are like state in the state. People clashed with law enforcement. Shopping centers were stormed by agitators. Edited March 19 by Contrarian edit design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted March 21 Author Report Share Posted March 21 On 3/19/2023 at 3:13 AM, Contrarian said: ⬆️ <--- New extreme far-left violence in France. There are 1-2 unions that are leading the chaos on the streets. The unions in France are like state in the state. People clashed with law enforcement. Shopping centers were stormed by agitators. ⬆️ Trending via France 24: Dozens arrested for violence as French protests continue after government survives no-confidence vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted March 24 Author Report Share Posted March 24 (edited) ⬆️ Trending King’s Charles state visit to France postponed amid widespread retirement age protests. Also, in my estimation, <--- far left union agitators set on fire the Bordeaux city hall (see video below). Now, you know why The French Empire did not achieve around the world. The British, did, they had a little bit more civility. Edited March 24 by Contrarian edit design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcsapper Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 (edited) Honestly, the bloody crybabies! Retirement age goes from 62 to 64. Suck it up! Edited March 24 by bcsapper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 (edited) On 3/24/2023 at 11:41 AM, Contrarian said: ⬆️ Trending King’s Charles state visit to France postponed amid widespread retirement age protests. Also, in my estimation, <--- far left union agitators set on fire the Bordeaux city hall (see video below). Now, you know why The French Empire did not achieve around the world. The British, did, they had a little bit more civility. Channel 4 News Report | British TV Edited March 25 by Contrarian edit design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted March 28 Author Report Share Posted March 28 (edited) ⬆️ Trending via Agence France Presse Prosecutors raided several of France’s biggest banks as part of an investigation into what authorities say is one of Europe’s largest tax thefts. Edited March 28 by Contrarian edit design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted April 4 Author Report Share Posted April 4 ⬆️ French President Emmanuel Macron is embarking on a diplomatic mission in which he will try to lure Beijing to the side of the West and as far away from Moscow as possible, Politico writes, but the Americans are not too optimistic about the results that Macron could achieve with President Xi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted April 13 Author Report Share Posted April 13 (edited) The thuggery from <-- far left unions in France has reached a new low this year. Paris police chief Laurent Nunez warned that protesters might “hit out, often against what they see as capitalist signs,” on French radio RMC. Thank you chief, as if that needed to be clarified. 😄 Picture below of them entering stores and one agitator saying to TV cameras: “If Macron wants to find money to finance the pension system, he should come here to find it.” Edited April 13 by Contrarian edit design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holubice Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 Did your Canadian newspapers break this news? Here in Italy it has been given only by an independent newspaper (owned by the journalists themselves, who are shareholders) and some small local newspapers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarian Posted April 14 Author Report Share Posted April 14 25 minutes ago, Holubice said: Did your Canadian newspapers break this news? Here in Italy it has been given only by an independent newspaper (owned by the journalists themselves, who are shareholders) and some small local newspapers. I got it from a trending news aggregate, possible Google or Yahoo, but don't remember the original source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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