Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The EU has reached a deal to send Ukraine 1 million rounds of ammunition within the next 12 months. The plan — seen by POLITICO — will see the EU both donate ammunition from its own stockpiles and also jointly purchase new shells for […]
Macron faces no-confidence votes amid nationwide protests – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — Emmanuel Macron’s government faces several motions of no confidence in the National Assembly Monday after his government forced through a deeply unpopular pensions reform bill last week. Protesters took to the streets in major cities over the weekend, after the government invoked […]
Macron pays high price in popularity over pension reform, survey shows – POLITICO
Emmanuel Macron is paying a high price for his push on pension reform as a survey on Sunday showed the French president is facing a new low in popularity — as low as during the protests of the so-called Yellow Jackets. As the French take to the streets to protest against Macron’s pension reform, 70 […]
In France, some protests against increased retirement age turn violent
A smattering of protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise France’s retirement age from 62 to 64 took place Saturday in Paris and beyond, as uncollected garbage continued to reek in the streets of the French capital amid a strike by sanitation workers. Largely non-violent protests were held in various cities, including Nantes and […]
Parts of Paris set ablaze amid continuing protests against retirement age increase
Parts of Paris set ablaze amid continuing protests against retirement age increase – CBS News Watch CBS News Protests in Paris have grown violent since French president Emmanuel Macron unilaterally decided to raise the nation’s retirement age from 62 to 64. Michael George has the story. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for […]
Controversial French pension reform legislation pushed through without parliamentary vote
Controversial French pension reform legislation pushed through without parliamentary vote – CBS News Watch CBS News People across France are outraged after French President Emmanuel Macron ordered his prime minister to push through a controversial pension reform bill without a parliamentary vote, raising the retirement age. CBS News anchors Elaine Quijano and Errol Barnett spoke […]
Protesters, police clash after French government forces pension reforms
Protesters, police clash after French government forces pension reforms – CBS News Watch CBS News Police in Paris clashed with protesters overnight after the French government invoked a special article of the constitution to force pension reforms without a vote in parliament. The plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 have sparked […]
Macron’s defiant show of force in parliament exposes a weakened president – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to bypass parliament and impose his deeply unpopular pensions reform has revealed an uncompromising and weakened leader who now faces severe backlash from emboldened opposition lawmakers and protesters. Macron had vowed to abandon his top-down approach to politics and […]
Fighter jets coming ASAP, Poland tells Ukraine – POLITICO
Poland will deliver four Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine “in the next few days,” President Andrzej Duda said Thursday. Poland is the first country to formally commit to sending combat planes to Ukraine, which Kyiv says it urgently needs to repel the Russian invasion, which has become a brutal war of attrition in the […]
Toxic Germanity and the battle for ‘das Auto’ – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BERLIN — Europe’s worst-kept secret is that the Germans ultimately decide everything. “I’ll never forget how all the other member states held back in anticipation, waiting to see what the Germans would do,” a senior U.K. official, recalling his time in Brussels, recently told […]