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Macron has left Marseille at the mercy of violent drug gangs

Five months and counting until France hosts the Rugby World Cup. For England supporters, the tournament kicks off at the stylish Stade Vélodrome in Marseille against Argentina on 9 September, one of six fixtures hosted by the Mediterranean city. Scotland take on South Africa the day after the England game, and two of the tournament’s quarter-finals will also be in Marseille, as they were in 2007 when France last hosted the World Cup.

That year was a peaceful one by Marseille’s standards, with only seven murders attributed to gangland wars. There was a new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, who had campaigned on a ‘tough on crime’ ticket, and that, plus the hosting of rugby’s showpiece event, might have had an effect.

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Taiwan: Baerbock, Macron comments raise questions on EU ties

First, France’s Macron said Europe shouldn’t follow the US on Taiwan. Then, Germany’s top diplomat said France’s China policy reflected the policy of the EU as a whole. How are these comments seen in Taiwan?

France’s Emmanuel Macron has prompted backlash by saying that Europeans should not be “followers” of either US or China when it comes to Taiwan and urging for more EU autonomy in international policy.

His statements came as China was conducting a massive three-day military drill around the self-ruled island, which Beijing sees as a part of its own territory. On Wednesday, Macron said he was standing by his comments and that “being an ally does not mean being a vassal” of the US. At the same time, he emphasized that France supported “the status quo in Taiwan” and was in favor of solving the situation peacefully.

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Carnage in France: Battles on the streets of Paris as riot police fire tear gas and charge at pension protesters

Carnage is erupting on the streets of France tonight after French President Emmanuel Macron’s flagship pension reform passed a vital constitutional milestone despite months of disruptive strikes and protests.

The legislation, which pushes the age at one can draw a full pension to 64 from 62, is deeply unpopular in France and has triggered huge disruption.

After the decision was announced by the Constitutional Council on Friday, largescale protests began around the country and quickly turned violent.

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French protesters barricade Constitutional Council with rubbish bins

Protesters barricaded the entrance to France’s Constitutional Council with rubbish bins on Thursday, as people took to the streets around the country over Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms.

Police expect around 400,000 to 600,000 people to take part nationwide. That would be fewer than half the nearly 1.3 million reached in March at the height of the protests against the reforms, which include raising the retirement age to 64 from 62.

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Macron says Europe must not be ‘follower’ of US, China on Taiwan

French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published Sunday that Europe must not be a “follower” of either the US or China on Taiwan, saying that the bloc risks entanglement in “crises that aren’t ours”.

His comments risk riling Washington and highlight divisions in the European Union over how to approach China, as the US steps up confrontation with its closest rival and Beijing draws closer to Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.

Weasels!

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Crucifixes rise across France in message that ‘this is a Christian country’

Balanced on a tractor fork, the crucified Christ rises. Those gathered to watch sing hymns, gazing up at a five-metre cross towering above them as it is lowered into a stone plinth on the roadside.

The scene is not common in a nation where the separation of church and state was enshrined under a 1905 law that made it illegal to erect new religious symbols in public spaces.

Well done. But late to the field?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Christianity, France, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Secularism

Au revoir, France!

France now has more practicing Muslims than Catholics.

Sonia Backès, French secretary of state for citizenship, has just said that “political Islam wants to bring the Republic to its knees”. If only it were the République…

The French National Institute of Statistics has just provided us with numbers that tell of an unprecedented change of civilization in the history of a country that is the cradle of European culture. It is truly historic: there are more practicing Muslims than practicing Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 in France. Reading the latest report from Insee, the French Statistical Institute, helps us understand the change of civilization we are experiencing in Europe.

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French storm Blackrock

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France: A ‘Field of Ruins’

Paris, France. March 23, 8 p.m. A demonstration took place; as usual now, riots followed the demonstration and swept through the center of the city, then to other cities. Cars were burned, shop windows smashed, garbage dumpsters set on fire. A garbage collectors’ strike began two weeks earlier; nearly ten thousand tons of garbage, still strewn on the sidewalks, almost completely block some streets. The proliferation of rats threatens disease. Oil refineries are shut down; gas stations are running dry. More demonstrations took place March 28 — and more riots.

France, once again, is on the verge of chaos.

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French envoy: Canada should link with Europe, surpass ‘weak’ military engagement

OTTAWA – France’s ambassador to Canada says Ottawa must choose between tying itself entirely to Washington or broadening its links to partner more with Europe — while also calling out Canada’s “weak” military engagement.

“This nagging question of the future American commitment offers, in any case more than ever, the opportunity for Europe, France and Canada to play a role together,” Michel Miraillet said in a French-language speech Tuesday to the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations.

Given France’ & Europe’s internal Islamic rot I think we should take a pass though Junior will find it appealing and he’ll just love this… 

Macron warns Europe must not ‘dissociate’ with China

French President Emmanuel Macron landed in China on Wednesday for a three-day visit. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was also expected to join the trip.

The leaders will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping with the objective of repairing ties with Beijing — an important economic partner.

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The Anniversary of Mireille Knoll’s Murder and France’s Jewish Exodus

March 23 marked the anniversary of the murder of Mireille Knoll, an elderly Jewish woman and a Holocaust survivor who was living in Paris. Her murder was one of many brutal, antisemitic attacks in France over the past several years.

On March 23, 2018, two men, Yacine Mihoub and Alex Carrimbacus—both Knoll’s neighbors—entered her apartment, stabbed her eleven times, and lit her body on fire. Allegedly it was a botched robbery that turned into a murder. But, during the investigation and trial, it became evident that antisemitism was a factor in Knoll’s murder.

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France minister: ‘Over 1,000 officers injured in unrest’

More than 1,000 law enforcement officers and firefighters have been injured in demonstrations and riots across France, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told local media on Sunday.

In an interview with France’s Journal du Dimanche, Darmanin said since March 16, “1093 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters have been injured.” He added that there have also been “2,579 arson attacks and 316 attacks on public buildings.”

He did not reveal how many protesters have been injured but told the weekly newspaper that 36 officers were being probed on charges of excessive use of force.

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France: Man Receives 4-Year Prison Sentence for Cathedral Arson Attack

A French criminal court has handed a four-year prison sentence to a Rwandan national after finding him guilty of setting fire to the Saint-Paul and Saint-Pierre Cathedral in Nantes in July of 2020—an act which resulted in severe damage to the Gothic church, whose construction began in 1434.

… On Wednesday, March 29th, the court ruled that Abayisenga—who is also facing legal action for another incident in which he is believed to have murdered Father Olivier Maire in April 2021 in the western department of Vendée—was not mentally sound during the time that he set fire to the cathedral.

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Paris breathes easier as refuse workers’ strike called off and rubbish cleared

The smell of spring is in the air in Paris. It makes a change from the stench of overflowing bins that had hung over the French capital for the last three weeks after refuse collectors went on strike and up to 10,000 metric tonnes of festering rubbish piled up on the streets.

Hours after the CGT trade union announced it was suspending the industrial action and lifting a blockade of incinerators serving the city, much of the rubbish had gone.

With the sun out and an unexpectedly warm day, it was just as well.

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Rural France revolts over Macron’s drive for wind turbines

With its gently rolling fields, grazing cattle and chestnut trees, the Corrèze départment in central France has long been a picture of tranquillity. Yet the peace is being disturbed by bitter disputes that have followed President Macron’s drive to accelerate France’s so far slothful move into renewable energy.

“I had one of my barns set alight with my cows inside. I burnt my arm trying to get them out but I still lost nine. Later, I was told there had been outside interference,” said Jean-Luc Soustrot, 47, a cattle farmer from the village of Saint-Pardoux-la-Croisille.

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