Two climate activists threw some soup at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum and shouted slogans calling for a sustainable food system. French farmers have protested in recent days across the country over low incomes and other problems. Two women with the words “FOODRIPOSTE” written on their T-shirts were shown throwing […]
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Macron relentlessly faces one crisis after another
As soon as the harsh social conflict over the pension reform was over, the president Emmanuel Macron faces a wave of youth violence in the suburbs of cities caused by the death of a young man shot by the police. When he managed to get out of the crisis triggered by his unpopular pension reform, […]
Emmanuel Macron sows reconciliation and collects pans
The President’s Reconciliation Campaign French, Emmanuel Macronwith the street he faces the hostility of a part of the population, who has received him with saucepans in a sample of the scars that remain open by the crisis caused by the pension reform. About to mark one year after his re-election, the Élysée tenant needs to […]
Macron enacts his unpopular pension reform in France despite protests
The French President, Emmanuel Macronenacted early Saturday morning his unpopular pension reform, a “provocation” for the unions and the opposition after three months of a social conflict that is bound to continue. “A law promulgated at night, like thieves”reacted the communist leader, Fabien Roussel. “What a provocation! New bluff by Emmanuel Macron as the country […]
France experiences last protests before key decision on pension reform
The French began demonstrating again on Thursday against Liberal President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform, in a last-ditch push a day before the decisive decision by the Constitutional Council. “We want to put pressure on them, although we know that the Constitutional Council will not go in our favor”, said Hervé Bordereau, 57, during the […]
Protests in France: Pension reform calls day 11 in Paris
Hundreds of Frenchmen returned to the streets on Thursday to protest against the pension reform of the government of the president Emmanuel Macronin the eleventh great day of protests organized by the unions, which registered a slight decrease in participation and some incidents in Paris. In the prelude to the final decision of the Constitutional […]
King Carlos III does not plan to modify his trip to France despite protests
The British government stated on Thursday “not being aware of any change of plans” in the visit of Charles III to Parisat a time when the French capital is rocked by widespread protests against the retirement reform. The British king will pay a state visit to France from Sunday that is likely to be marred […]
Macron says France needs pension changes and will enact them by the end of the year
President French, Emmanuel Macronsaid Wednesday that a deeply unpopular new law raising the age of retirement is necessary and will enter into force at the end of the year. “Do you think I enjoy doing this reform? No”, Macron said in a rare television interview. “But there are not a hundred ways to balance the […]
Violence in France: what is known about the protests over the pension reform promoted by Macron
Since a few days ago, France faces a day of protests against pension reform promoted by President Emmanuel Macron, whom they accuse of turning their backs on the citizenry and not looking out for their interests. Due to the social unrest, the protesters lit a bonfire where they put cardboard images of the French president […]
New day of protests in France against the pension reform
The protests multiplied on Saturday in France against the pension reform imposed by decree by the liberal president Emmanuel Macronin a climate of growing political and social tension. The authorities prohibited the concentrations in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, located in front of the Parliament, after two nights of demonstrations that led to […]