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Re: France in uproar over fuel prices

Post by tamada » January 18, 2019, 7:05 pm

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Doesn't look like Macron can do anything to soothe the vests.
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Macron has his hands full.
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Re: France in uproar over fuel prices

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Victor Mallet in Paris 10 hours ago
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Emmanuel Macron’s government is to put the sclerotic French labour market at the heart of its plans this year, after months of gilets jaunes protests that have heaped pressure on the president to deliver tangible improvements to living standards.

Muriel Pénicaud, labour minister, said in an interview that the protests were “both a danger and an opportunity” and would spur rather than discourage attempts at reforms.

More jobs, better rewards for those in work and more efficient government spending are precisely what some demonstrators want, Mr Macron and his ministers have argued.

The gilets jaunes demonstrations began last year as a motorists’ protest against green taxes on fuel and developed into a broad anti-Macron and anti-establishment uprising, marked by weekly marches through French cities.

A chastened Mr Macron has reversed the green tax rises and delayed reforms to the civil service to appease protesters while he hosts a “ big national debate”.

Advisers to the president say few protesters have taken issue with his government’s labour plans. But they acknowledge that the state of the jobs market will become a test of Mr Macron’s policies.
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Re: France in uproar over fuel prices

Post by saint » January 24, 2019, 5:57 am

Lone Star wrote:
January 23, 2019, 10:25 am
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Macron has his hands full.
This just proves that they think they are the only major players in the E U , F#ck the other soon to be 25 other states .
Tip of the iceburg im afraid . Watch them totally take over in the future .
If Briton needed any more proof to get out ASAP , then this is it .
How long before the Germans get pissed off with the whining French , and finally rule Europe with an iron fist .
History about to repeat itself .

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Post by Lone Star » January 24, 2019, 6:18 am

saint wrote:
January 24, 2019, 5:57 am
Lone Star wrote:
January 23, 2019, 10:25 am
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Macron has his hands full.
This just proves that they think they are the only major players in the E U , F#ck the other soon to be 25 other states .
Tip of the iceburg im afraid . Watch them totally take over in the future .
If Briton needed any more proof to get out ASAP , then this is it .
How long before the Germans get pissed off with the whining French , and finally rule Europe with an iron fist .
History about to repeat itself .
Agree.

I think it was doomed to fail because socialist experiments don't work with individuals in communes. The same was predictable with countries that all had different strengths, weaknesses, cultures. Short term might be rough for the UK, but a clean break will be good in the long term.
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Macron still bobbing precariously.
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Re: France in uproar over fuel prices

Post by Barney » January 26, 2019, 9:32 pm

Yellow Shirts are moving ahead in Australia as well.
Maybe another train of thought to examine.


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The citizenry has to be forced to like socialism and globalism. If it was so great, the rabble would run to it.
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Re: France in uproar over fuel prices

Post by yartims » January 28, 2019, 9:35 pm

scene is set for an almighty punchup between the red shirts and yellow shirts

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A group calling itself the red scarves has held a march in Paris to counter weeks of anti-government protests by the yellow-vest movement.

The "foulards rouges" are demanding an end to the violence witnessed at yellow-vest (gilets jaunes) rallies.

The gilets jaunes movement grew out of fuel tax protests in November.

It now embraces wider discontent with President Emmanuel Macron and has seen some of the most serious street violence in Paris since 1968.

But the weeks of TV footage showing clashes with riot police and damage to public monuments have triggered a counter-movement. The red scarves now have about 21,000 followers on Facebook.

More than 10,000 people took part in Sunday's march, Le Figaro reported.

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"People are tired of the roadblocks. They are bad for business, and children are prevented from getting to school on time," red scarves spokesman Alex Brun told French broadcaster RFI.

Ahead of Sunday's rally in Paris, the red scarves put out a joint statement with similar-minded groups.

"We denounce the insurrectional climate installed by the yellow vests. We also reject the threats and constant verbal abuse (aimed at non-yellow vests)," they announced in a joint manifesto.
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Re: France in uproar over fuel prices

Post by yartims » January 29, 2019, 9:06 pm

just a few black shirts as in BKK some years back sniping at innocent passers by is missing from the broth
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Almost 70,000 Yellow Vests nationwide across France. 4,000 estimated in Paris.
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They're not going away.
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Re: France in uproar over fuel prices

Post by saint » February 2, 2019, 9:00 am

Macron seems hell bent on adding fuel to the fire ! Just been announced that food and drink prices to go up in France also .

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saint wrote:
February 2, 2019, 9:00 am
Macron seems hell bent on adding fuel to the fire ! Just been announced that food and drink prices to go up in France also .
He must have a political death wish.
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Re: France in uproar over fuel prices

Post by saint » February 2, 2019, 11:14 am

Lone Star wrote:
February 2, 2019, 9:03 am
saint wrote:
February 2, 2019, 9:00 am
Macron seems hell bent on adding fuel to the fire ! Just been announced that food and drink prices to go up in France also .
He must have a political death wish.
No , he thinks hes a modern day Napolean , looking to make France great again .
I cant wait to see if he marches his troops into Russia around October time . The smarmy , arrogant , little surrender monkey.

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saint wrote:
February 2, 2019, 11:14 am
Lone Star wrote:
February 2, 2019, 9:03 am
saint wrote:
February 2, 2019, 9:00 am
Macron seems hell bent on adding fuel to the fire ! Just been announced that food and drink prices to go up in France also .
He must have a political death wish.
No , he thinks hes a modern day Napolean , looking to make France great again .
I cant wait to see if he marches his troops into Russia around October time . The smarmy , arrogant , little surrender monkey.
555 I don't think Macron could hold Napoleon's jock.
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Re: France in uproar over fuel prices

Post by pipoz4444 » February 3, 2019, 10:59 am

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No , he ................., looking to make France great again .
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Never going to happen.

The Country has been F..k.d for years, living on EU Subsidies, paid for by Others \:D/

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Re: France in uproar over fuel prices

Post by TJ » February 4, 2019, 5:02 am

IMO the French are ignorant about how socialism draws upon the wealth of the nation to support socialism.

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