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French communists: A revolutionary crisis is developing in France

11Apr

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France

French communists: A revolutionary crisis is developing in France

If properly directed, workers’ action has the power to sweep away not only the rule of Emmanuel Macron but of the entire French bourgeoisie. French communist org Subscribe to our channel The true face of the French state has been clearly revealed in the way that it has responded to workers’ resistance to a renewed attack on their pensions. On the one hand, running battles between striking workers and tooled-up riot police have become a daily occurrence across the country, while on the other, the prime minister has shocked the country by invoking an emegency clause, article 49.3, in the French constitution in order to enact the hated ‘reform’ by decree when it became clear that the parliament could no longer be relied upon to pass it. The following joint statement wa...

10Apr

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France

Macron’s Denial of Democracy

BY PHILIPPE MARLIÈRE Demonstrators on the July Column. Photograph Source: Roland Godefroy – CC BY-SA 4.0 After imposing an unpopular pension reform, Emmanuel Macron is in serious trouble. Governments make occasional faux-pas and get into trouble. But this time round, the French president has put himself in a very bad situation. The nation is deeply scarred, and the wounds will not heal easily. Why should raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 be a national drama when, in most European countries, people retire at a later age? The standard Anglo-American view is the French should ‘get with the realities of our economic world’. But the French sometimes get it right, and they probably are right about opposing Macron’s pension reform. The reform Various economist...

Macron & Von Der Leyen’s Trip To China Served A Very Pragmatic Purpose

8Apr

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China, France

Macron & Von Der Leyen’s Trip To China Served A Very Pragmatic Purpose

By Andrew Korybko Many in the Alt-Media Community (AMC) dismissed the importance of French President Macron and European Commissioner Von Der Leyen’s trip to China, implying that President Xi wasted his precious time meeting with them over several days all for nothing. In truth, their trip actually served a pragmatic purpose in that it allowed each party to speak candidly about their concerns at this pivotal moment in the global systemic transition, hence why all sides made the time to meet with one another in Beijing. While it’s true that the two European representatives wishfully hoped that they’d sway their Chinese counterpart around to seeing the NATO-Russian proxy war in Ukraine the same way that they do, that wasn’t the primary reason why e...

2Apr

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Africa, France

Former colony bans French state TV

Burkina Faso’s military government accused France24 of “legitimizing” terrorism A man holds a placard during a protest to support Burkinabe President Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of French forces in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 20, 2023 © AFP / Olympia De Maismont Burkina Faso’s military government has banned the France24 TV channel, after it broadcast an interview with the leader of Al Qaeda’s North African offshoot. While French and Burkinabe troops recently fought jihadists together, the African nation cut its ties with its former colonizer master this year. “France 24 is not only acting as a mouthpiece for these terrorists, but worse, it is providing a space for the legitimization of terrorist actions and hate speech,” Burkina Faso...

France believes only China can deliver Ukraine peace deal

1Apr

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China, France, Russia, Ukraine

France believes only China can deliver Ukraine peace deal

Beijing's involvement could be a “game changer” for both sides, an anonymous official told the US broadcaster Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shake hands following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2023 © AP / Mikhail Tereshchenko China’s power and close relationship with Moscow means it may be “the only country on Earth” capable of brokering a deal in Ukraine, a source within the French presidency told CNN on Friday. The reported comment comes ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Beijing next week. “It’s obvious that China is one of the few countries on Earth – maybe the only country in the world – to have a ‘game-changer’ effect on the conflict, for both sides,” the source said. China has already position...

Russian slams Macron’s ‘predatory’ Africa claims

26Mar

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Africa, France

Russian slams Macron’s ‘predatory’ Africa claims

Envoy Alexey Saltykov says the accusations by the French leader reflect his “neo-colonial approach” © Getty Images / mtcurado French claims that Moscow is pursuing a “predatory project” in Africa merely “reflect the neo-colonial approach of Western countries to cooperation with African states,” Alexey Saltykov, Russia’s ambassador to the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, told Sputnik in an interview published on Saturday. Saltykov’s remarks come after French President Emmanuel Macron blamed Russia for his country’s deteriorating relations with its former colonies. Protest movements against France have recently swept Africa’s Sahel region, with many people expressing pro-Russian sentiments. Paris has begun to withdraw its troops from some nations ...

19Mar

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France bans protests outside parliament

The Macron government’s unilateral and controversial decision to raise the retirement age led to massive demonstrations © Getty Images / Firas Abdullah French police have banned all gatherings in two protest hotspots across from the parliament in Paris, citing “serious risks of disturbances to public order” in a statement issued on Saturday. The “public thoroughfare in Place de la Concorde and its surroundings” and the area around Champs d’Elysees were declared off limits following two nights of intense public protest against French President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply unpopular decision to introduce neoliberal pension reforms without parliamentary approval. Police said 61 demonstrators were arrested in the forbidden zones on Frida...

The French proletariat fights for its pension and retirement rights

7Mar

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France, Human Rights

The French proletariat fights for its pension and retirement rights

France, like every other European nation is reeling under the combined weight of (1) self-inflicted financial meltdown as the Euro economies are throwing themselves and their workers to the wolves in a futile effort to save US hegemony, and (2) the ever-present cyclical crises of overproduction within the capitalist system which always lead to financial stagnation, destitution for many poorer people and wars of terrible ferocity, spoliation and brigandage on a massive scale. President Macron has fought battles with the French working class before, notably taking on transport workers, students and others in 2018 when he brought forward his road fuel tax that brought out onto the streets all over France thousands of Yellow Vests (gilets jaunes) – who kept up their highly militant...

Lavrov challenges French neocolonialism claims

16Feb

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France, Russia

Lavrov challenges French neocolonialism claims

Paris is attempting to “demonize” Moscow by projecting its own guilt onto it, the foreign minister has said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov delivers a speech at parliament, February 15, 2023. © Sputnik/Grigory Sysoev French allegations that Moscow is pursuing a neocolonialist policy in Africa turn reality upside down, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said, adding that they are part of the Western proxy war against Russia. France and other European nations “committed multiple bloody atrocities on the continent,” and even today, Paris “openly considers Africa its backyard,” Lavrov said at a briefing of MPs on Wednesday. Moscow on the other hand “played the leading and decisive role in liberating the continent from the...

23Jan

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France, Russia

Russian Navy rescues French national

The man was stranded alongside his dog in the Atlantic Ocean after his yacht sustained damage Russian Navy frigate Admiral Gorshkov leaves for patrol on January 4, 2023. © Sputnik / Pavel lvov A French national in distress was rescued by the Russian tanker ‘Kama’ in the Atlantic Ocean, the country’s defense ministry said on Tuesday. A Russian naval detachment, led by frigate Admiral Gorshkov, was on a patrol mission when it received a distress call from a small vessel, the military revealed. Tanker ‘Kama’ was dispatched immediately to investigate the call, deviated from its route, discovered the damaged yacht and boarded it. The crew took aboard “one man, his dog and their personal belongings,” the military statement read. The rescued man turned o...