Macrons time is up

[Serene]

Am watching the Citoyens demonstrating all over france on french tv. Again. Currently its showing Paris and there are hundreds of armoured police running at people and herding.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Mmmmm

 

[Idris2002]

Am watching the Citoyens demonstrating all over france on french tv. Again. Currently its showing Paris and there are hundreds of armoured police running at people and herding.

I wish this meant he was on the way out. Mais hélas. . .

 

[Serene]

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Qu`est-ce que c`est?

 

[Skim]

J’adore les macrons!

 

[Serene]

J’adore les macrons!

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I`d go for the top middle square ones first. Avec the 2.7 euro price. Only four left

 

[Serene]

Imagine if the gov told the french they werent allowed to riot anymore? There`d be riots!

 

[Serene]

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Bon Bon?

 

[Serene]

They are reporting that there were over half a million demonstrators out in Paris today.

 

[pbsmooth]

You do realise who's getting elected after Macron though right...?

 

[danny la rouge]

You do realise who's getting elected after Macron though right...?

Des beignes?

 

[pbsmooth]

Someone altogether less palatable I fear

 

[Serene]

The french news are now saying that the protest turnout in Paris was between 96,000 and 500,000. So quite accurate then.

 

[gentlegreen]

This is probably pretentious twaddle, but here goes ..

By the time I get to France, I will be at the age made so famous by the Beatles song that describes a way of being retired that I can't get my head around (no "Cottages on the Isle of Wight" in my plans) ...
But I will still be two years off my own state retirement...

I'm making an effort to move to the French language for my news and am beginning to feel I might actually want to understand French history and politics - unlike that of my own country - where my interest ends at Saxon post holes on Time Team (I'm far more interested in how ordinary people lived) ... hopefully enough that I will both qualify and want to apply to become a naturalised French citizen ...

Being a fortunate boomer who was able to choose to retire at 60 at my own expense, the whole current business is very much in focus for me - in the context of my birth country let alone France ...

Remarkable to see a multi-tiered political landscape where actual communists get elected in some places - even if they lack real power - quite the antithesis of what the USA-leaning UK has become...
And it will be inciteful to see the EU that I feel an affinity to through the eyes of the likes of Mélonchon - and even Le Pen ...

 

[gentlegreen]

Tomorrow is supposed to be the big one.

EN DIRECT - Réforme des retraites : trois terminaux méthaniers arrêtés pour sept jours

A la veille de la sixième journée de mobilisation nationale contre la réforme des retraites, le bras de fer se durcit entre le gouvernement et les syndicats sur fond de blocages annoncés et de débat parlementaire au Sénat.

www.liberation.fr

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[gentlegreen]

They're having another day of action - .

 

[Serene]

300,000 protestors out in Paris today. Live on BFM TV.

 

[gentlegreen]

There's at least one major demographic who are missing from those protests - as they are pretty well everywhere else ....

 

[pbsmooth]

There's at least one major demographic who are missing from those protests - as they are pretty well everywhere else ....

?

 

[gentlegreen]

?

The urban poor from the HLMs
OK maybe I'm making assumptions...
... but those in work wouldn't be able to take the day off ...

 

[pbsmooth]

How would you know? Seems unlikely.

 

[gentlegreen]

They're at it again.
Surprisingly little uncollected rubbish where they are ... bin men on strike until 30th ...

 

[gentlegreen]

Going to the Senate today.
Talk of invoking an article of the constitution to force it through without a positive vote...

« Le Premier ministre peut, après délibération du Conseil des ministres, engager la responsabilité du Gouvernement devant l'Assemblée nationale sur le vote d'un projet de loi de finances ou de financement de la sécurité sociale. Dans ce cas, ce projet est considéré comme adopté, sauf si une motion de censure, déposée dans les vingt-quatre heures qui suivent, est votée dans les conditions prévues à l'alinéa précédent. Le Premier ministre peut, en outre, recourir à cette procédure pour un autre projet ou une proposition de loi par session ».

Article 49 alinéa 3

L’article 49.3 : comment ça marche?

Le point sur cette procédure prévue par la Constitution.

www.gouvernement.fr

 

[gentlegreen]

Le 49.3 a bien fait rire les caricaturistes....

www.christaldesaintmarc.com

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[Bingoman]

Protests and riots in Paris tonight over bill raising retirement age to 64

 

[Bingoman]

this just breaking now French media reports say opposition parties have tabled 2 no confidence votes in Macron and his government

 

[gentlegreen]

this just breaking now French media reports say opposition parties have tabled 2 no confidence votes in Macron and his government

Mélolonchon has cancelled the LFI one because Elisabeth Borne was making out that anyone who didn't vote for them was actively voting FOR the bill... or somesuch - I was only half listening...
Very few takers...