FRANCE IS BURNING: ROCKED BY WIDESPREAD CIVIL UNREST AND MASS PROTESTS

[Wunder-Zeichen]

France strikes and protests over pension changes heat up ...

https://www.google.com/search?q=Fran...hrome&ie=UTF-8

King Charles Postpones France State Visit After Pension Protests Turn Violent

https://www.google.com/search?q=Fran...&bih=700&dpr=1

Just let them eat cake, cookies, ice cream and soda.



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Britain’s King Charles III’s state visit to France has been postponed, the French president’s office announced on Friday, as widespread social unrest and mass protests over proposed pension reforms continue to rock the country. The decision to postpone was made after unions called for another day of nationwide strikes on Tuesday, France’s Elysée Palace said in a statement. For President Emmanuel Macron, who has been the target of widespread fury and protests after he pushed through an increase in the retirement age, a planned royal visit was, says the New York Times, particularly ill-timed. France has been rocked by widespread civil unrest and mass protests over unpopular pension reforms being pushed through by Macron’s government. The reforms, which would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, have provoked outrage and were already expected to cast a shadow over Charles’ visit. In particular, Macron’s aides were reportedly concerned protestors might target Charles, a privileged and wealthy man by virtue of his birth alone, particularly during a banquet slated to be held at Versailles, which housed Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette before they were guillotined. Protests erupted into violence on Thursday and hundreds of people have been arrested. Bordeaux’s town hall was also set ablaze as protestors clashed with police.

Rights groups accuse French police of brutality in pension ...

Criticism from human rights watchdogs mounted on Friday over the alleged brutality of French police in handling protests opposed to President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform. French authorities arrested more than 450 people on Thursday in the most violent day of demonstrations since the start of the year against the bill to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. In the days leading up to Thursday's protests, rights groups had expressed worries over what they termed "arbitrary" detentions and the excessive use of force by police. But security officials have defended their actions, saying they are responding to violent rioters and anarchist groups who frequently infiltrate French demonstrations to provoke clashes. France's Human Rights League has accused the authorities of "undermining the right of citizens to protest by making disproportionate and dangerous use of public force". The Council of Europe -- the continent's leading human rights watchdog -- warned that sporadic acts of violence could not justify "excessive use of force by agents of the state". Rights groups have raised concerns over the repeated use by police of "kettling", also called "trap and detain" in the United States, a crowd-control tactic consisting of cordoning off protesters in a small area. They have sounded the alarm after reports from recent protests of police detaining foreign schoolchildren, firing teargas at kettled protesters, and even hurting a man so badly he had to have a testicle amputated.

And remember this:

Pluto In Aquarius – Power To The People

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...26#post7686726

Now when Pluto is in Aquarius, we, the people, have the power. The American constitution, still considered the pinnacle of ‘rights for all’, was written when Pluto was last in Aquarius, 236 years ago.

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[Scar95]

What's wrong with working till 65? I don't get it, you should want to work till the end of your life.

[Dick]

Meh. Faux demonstrations of discontent which devolves into a faggy dancing techno rave on the streets for the same youths that will line up at the ballot box to vote for Macron yet again because Le Pen is mean to brown people.

[Wunder-Zeichen]

France is burning, but Macron’s not for turning

The anger that has erupted in recent days in France has been around for years. There's plenty of evidence that Macron holds his compatriots in contempt.

And don't forget that King Charles encountering the mob just would not be a 'good look'.

An opinion poll last weekend revealed that Emmanuel Macron’s approval rating has dropped to 28%, the lowest since the Yellow Vest protests of 2018. The only consolation for the president is that some of his predecessors have been more unpopular. François Hollande, for example, hit 13% in 2014, François Mitterrand recorded 26% in 1984 and Jacques Chirac stood at 27% in 1995. Which goes to show that the French are rarely satisfied with their presidents.

The popularity of Mitterrand and Chirac plunged at a time of economic crisis, prompting mass street protests, similar turbulence to that currently rocking the country. The eight main unions have had people out on the streets since January, protesting about the pension reform bill, particularly raising the age of retirement from 62 to 64. There has also been strike action – from railway workers to binmen – as the unions came together in a rare display of solidarity. In the past moderate unions such as the CFDT have found little common ground with more hard-left unions like the CGT and Force Ouvrière, but this time they are united.

Neither side has been willing to compromise. Macron is not a man known for his humility, but he has been credited with a certain amount of cunning. Last week, however, he did something very reckless. Fearing the reform bill wouldn’t pass the National Assembly, he ordered his Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to circumvent parliament by activating Article 49.3 of the Constitution. This passes a bill without putting it to a vote. It is part of the 5th Republic’s Constitution, but it is used sparingly. At least it was up until Macron won a second term last year. His government has used Article 49.3 eleven times in nine months. In the previous 64 years of the 5th Republic it had been deployed 89 times, and only for relatively minor legislation.

[Sebastianus Rex]

What's wrong with working till 65? I don't get it, you should want to work till the end of your life.

Why not be a slave until you die?

Now it's 64, after will be 67 (already in many countries) then 70...

Let's get back to the post industrial revolution, no weekends, no holidays, no regulation of working hours, no social security, no pensions...

Besides if unemployment is especially high among young people how keeping people working until 70 is going to help them to start a career?

[Incal]

What's wrong with working till 65? I don't get it, you should want to work till the end of your life.

Now I know you are not really french... Anyway, south europeans are extremely lazy, so another year working must be like a whole life to them. Here, the limit is 65 and no one got hurt.

[Scar95]

Why not be a slave until you die?

Now it's 64, after will be 67 (already in many countries) then 70...

Let's get back to the post industrial revolution, no weekends, no holidays, no regulation of working hours, no social security, no pensions...

Besides if unemployment is especially high among young people how keeping people working until 70 is going to help them to start a career?

If you chose to 'survive' on the pension then you've been a slave for 30-40 years already and 2-3 extra years won't change anything. In fact, these pensions were calculated when the average dying age was lower, now it has to be adjusted to the new standards of living.

[Sebastianus Rex]

Now I know you are not really french... Anyway, south europeans are extremely lazy, so another year working must be like a whole life to them. Here, the limit is 65 and no one got hurt.

https://tradingeconomics.com/country...rement-age-men

In southern European countries is usually 66 or 67, among the highest in the World. French are not south european.

[Incal]

https://tradingeconomics.com/country...rement-age-men

In southern European countries is usually 66 or 67, among the highest in the World. French are not south european.

Fucking frogs they are even lazier than P.I.G.S. lol

[Sebastianus Rex]

If you chose to 'survive' on the pension then you've been a slave for 30-40 years already and 2-3 extra years won't change anything. In fact, these pensions were calculated when the average dying age was lower, now it has to be adjusted to the new standards of living.

What standards of living? People just live longer on average than a few decades ago because they are kept sick but alive, addicted to drugs.

It's obvious that the overall standards of living in western societies have been deteriorating since at least 20 years.

Anyway what is happening in France is far from being about only the retirement age, those popular revolts were bound to happen sooner or later.