Government : The promoted, the fired
After a few weeks of vacillation between the Élysée and Matignon, the Borne 2 government will meet in full this Friday, July 21, with President Macron in the Council of Ministers.
Politics
How has the Russian economy held up under sanctions since February 2022? (1/2)
The 65ᵉ session of the Franco-Russian seminar co-organized by the Centre d’Études des Modes d’Industrialisation of the École de Guerre Économique (Paris) and the Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow) was held in Paris from July 3 to 5, 2023. Jacques Sapir, a well-known journalist and economist, gives an edifying account of the event, published on the “Les crises” website.
Riots : What’s next?
The urban violence shaking the country reveals the weakness of the executive. It has brutally subdued the Gilets jaunes and opponents of retirement at 62, but it is tetanized by the savage hordes destroying town halls, setting fire to vehicles and looting stores.
Urban violence : The price of angelism!
Viewpoint. The town of Yutz (17,000 inhabitants) in Moselle, France, was not spared by the rioters: McDonald’s burned down, the car garage ransacked, cars and garbage cans burned! How did it come to this, asks Bernard Aubin?
France in a spiral of violence
40,000 gendarmes and police officers, the RAID, the BRI and the GIGN were unable to prevent rioters from ransacking numerous French towns for the third night running. The executive has reached an impasse.
Nanterre : scenes of rioting after Nahel’s death
Third day of violence after the death of a 17-year-old boy, killed by a police shot after refusing to obey.
Relief in Moscow as Erdogan favorite in key Turkish elections
Forget Bahkmut and FI6s, this is crucial for Russia in its diplomatic war against the US and NATO in Ukraine. With Erdogan returned to power for another five years, Russia’s Black Sea coast line will be secure against NATO threats as long as the war lasts.
Thionville : Anticor on the bench of the accused
The association specializing in the fight against corruption and its head in Moselle, Edith Talarczyk, must answer for defamation against the town of Terville (57). A funny muddle with political overtones.
Pensions : The law is enacted!
Validated Friday, April 14, 2023 at 6 p.m. by the Constitutional Council, the law on pension reform was promulgated during the night by the President of the Republic.
New day of mobilization on April 6, 2023
Even if the 10ᵉ day of mobilization against the pension reform gathered less people, this Tuesday, March 28, the anger of the unions and the French, does not fall back, far from it.
Scenes of war in Sainte-Soline (Deux Sèvres)
Violent confrontations opposed demonstrators and police forces this Saturday afternoon. The toll is heavy: 24 gendarmes were injured as well as about thirty opponents to the highly contested mega-pond project. Several vehicles were set on fire.
Pensions : scenes of chaos in France!
Record demonstrations throughout France, blockades, fires, violent clashes with the police… No more? Not yet: we start again on March 28, 2023.