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the very locked visit of Emmanuel Macron to Lyon

Lyon: “Half the City is in a Bubble”, the Very Locked Visit of Emmanuel Macron

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The President of the Republic came to Lyon on Monday afternoon to pay tribute to the resistance fighters and to Jean Moulin, being carefully kept away from the crowd who demonstrated This Monday afternoon, Emmanuel Macron went to Lyon to pay tribute to the resistance fighters and in particular to Jean Moulin, arrested eighty years […]

Unvaccinated caregivers will be reinstated from mid-May, while the National Assembly voted on Thursday to repeal their vaccination obligation

Covid-19: Behind the Reintegration of Caregivers and the End of the Vaccination Obligation, the Fear of Antivax Discourse

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PUBLIC HEALTH: The Assembly voted this Thursday in first reading the repeal of the vaccination obligation for caregivers, while the non-vaccinated will be able to return to work in mid-May A few days ago, the Minister of Health, François Braun, announced the “mid-May” reintegration of non-vaccinated caregivers. And this Thursday, the Assembly adopted at first reading […]

The Constitutional Council rejects the second request for a referendum on pension reform

Pension reform 2023: The Constitutional Council Rejects the Second Request for a Referendum

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VERDICT: This second RIP was initiated in extremis on April 13th by some 250 left-wing and independent deputies and senators. The Constitutional Council on Wednesday rejected a second request for a referendum on pensions that the left had filed in extremis, before the promulgation of the highly contested government reform. Unsurprisingly, the Elders judged that the proposal for […]

May 1st protests across France against the Pension reform

May 1st: Relive this Day of Protest in Pictures

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Between 782,000 and 3.2 million people marched in the streets against the pension reform. In Nantes, Rennes, Paris or Toulouse, violence broke out. Many demonstrators wandered the streets on Monday, May 1st with, in the background, the fight against pension reform. The violence still punctuated the processions. The violence has mounted over the demonstrations against the […]

Demonstrations: How the Saucepan Became an Object of Contestation

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For several weeks, we have shown our dissatisfaction through saucepans. These noisy gatherings are nothing new. Back to their story. “Saucepans and eggs are for cooking”, ironically declared Emmanuel Macron on the move to a college in Hérault, on April 20th, 2023, after being greeted by a pan of disgruntled residents. Since his speech on April 17th, […]

Lighting of the Olympic flame during a ceremony in Athens on October 19, 2021

Paris 2024 Olympic Games: The Olympic Flame will Begin its Journey in France in Marseille on 8th May 2024

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SYMBOL: After a crossing of about ten days from Greece, the Olympic flame will disembark from Belem, one of the oldest three masters in Europe to still sail Marseille city will have to wait another year before being the first French city to see the Olympic flame for the Paris 2024 Games. It will indeed land […]

Organizations have seized administrative justice to challenge several prefectural decrees authorizing the use of drones during the May Day demonstrations on Monday in France. Here, the administrative court of Nantes.

May 1st Demonstrations: The Use of Drones Challenged in Court, and Suspended in Rouen

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Several organisations have taken administrative action to challenge the prefectural decrees authorising the use of drones with on-board cameras during the May Day demonstrations. In Rouen, the decree was notably restricted, and completely suspended in certain areas. Organisations have seized administrative justice to challenge several prefectural decrees authorizing the use of drones during the May 1st demonstrations […]

What to expect from the protests against pension reform

May Day Demonstration: A “Historic” but Truly Decisive Protest Against the Pension Reform?

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OPPOSITION: The unions have called for making May 1st “an exceptional and popular day of protest”, while the protest against the pension reform does not weaken The unions have called for making May 1st “a day of exceptional and popular protest” against the pension reform. After the validation of the text by the Constitutional Council in […]

Final of the Coupe de France: Macron Will Be Present… But Will Not Go Down on the Pitch

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FOOTBALL: Nantes and Toulouse face each other in the Coupe de France final on Saturday evening at the Stade de France. The President of the Republic will be present, in accordance with tradition, but in a more discreet way His participation could be uncertain given the tense social climate since the adoption of the pension reform. But Emmanuel Macron […]

Banning Saucepans, an Attack on Freedom of Expression?

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POLICY: A new decree based on anti-terrorism laws prohibits the use of “sound amplifying devices” during the visit of the President of the Republic to Loir-et-Cher on Tuesday 25 April. He was suspended by the judge After that of the Hérault, an order prohibits this time “sound amplifiers sound devices”. It was published by the prefect of Loir-et-Cher […]

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