Almost Marx views the unfolding ‘French Political Melodrama’, through the Matthieu Goar lens… Headline: The pension crisis signals the end of ‘original Macronism’ Sub-headline: Some of the French president’s voters are beginning to doubt his ability to emerge from the … Continue reading →
The Neo-Liberalizer of France is too cozy with Putin ? Before I begin with the essay of Kaufmann, let me quote from Wolfgang Streeck’s essay on Europe of January 7, 2022: … In fact, the French political class seems increasingly … Continue reading →
Headline:Emmanuel Macron vows to press ahead with France economic reforms Sub-headline: President acknowledges ‘rising anger’ but calls for patience in his new year’s address David Keohane closely follows the Party Line on Macon, call it the ‘articles of faith’ of this … Continue reading →
The Jupiterian Revolution of M. 37% seems to stumble from crisis to crisis, all of his own making! Most of these go un-reported in one of his staunchest propaganda ‘newspapers’ The Financial Times. Mr. Bremner’s enlightening essay offers something that … Continue reading →
Political Observer offers more that just this front page. I offer selections from Claire Gatinois and Solenn de Royer, of Le Mond’s, postmortem of Macron’s ‘twilight’? stephenkmacksd.com/ Dec 05, 2024 Le Monde offers this on Macron : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Editor: The … Continue reading →
Headline: Violence against France’s institutions – how far is too far? Sub-headline: An arson attempt on Saturday at the residence of France’s Speaker of the Assembly has put the spotlight on similar acts of vandalism aimed at France’s public institutions. … Continue reading →
This screen capture of a tweet puts the Financial Times propaganda in a necessary perspective:
Another perspective, this from Press TV:
Ramin Mazaheri Press TV, Paris
Yellow Vest protests continue for the 21st consecutive week against French government policies. Turnout was lower than previous weeks but as our correspondent Ramin Mazaheri reports from Paris demonstrators have made it clear they will keep marching until their demands are met.
Political Observer offers more that just this front page. I offer selections from Claire Gatinois and Solenn de Royer, of Le Mond’s, postmortem of Macron’s ‘twilight’?
Editor: The Reader has to congratulate Le Monde, and its reporters Claire Gatinois and Solenn de Royer, for their 3633 word exsumation of Macron and Macronism? The Reader might even choose her favorite selections, and totally ignore my own! One might read the reportage of Claire Gatinois and Solenn de Royer as contemporary riff onRise and Fall of Cesar Birotteauby Honoré de Balzac? That might also riff on the themes of Lucien de Rubempré of The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans? The Reader might become annarored, even seduced, by the style of these two reporters, and again ignore my own! This vast canvas invites dissent, as does the title of this essay, followed by Chapter Headings, in a nod to the novel as formative ?
Headline: Violence against France’s institutions – how far is too far?
Sub-headline: An arson attempt on Saturday at the residence of France’s Speaker of the Assembly has put the spotlight on similar acts of vandalism aimed at France’s public institutions.
Paragraph heading : No evidence of ‘Yellow Vest’ motive
The attempted arson, which took place on the same day as the 13th Yellow Vest protests, was initially suspected be linked to the movement’s hardline demonstrators.
But according to Jean-Philippe Recappé, public prosecutor of Brest (Brittany), no evidence of this has been found.
“There was no graffiti, demands or other signs that link the arson with the gilets jaunes”, said Recappé. “A window shutter and pane exploded, that was it.”
He also underlined the absence of danger for Mr Ferrand.
“This is not a main residence”, Recappé said. “No one was in the house”.
‘Destroying public property, attacking journalists and elected officials, violating the intimacy of their homes and urinating on France’s institutions.’
Austerity is Violence! Macron Jupertarian Politics, another name for Authoritarianism, must go!
As reported at RFI, the gilets jaunes as a political force does not seem to be ebbing : ‘More than 50,000 people turned out for Act VIII of the yellow vest protests on Saturday.Although peaceful overall, there were violent clashes … Continue reading →
Rootless cosmopolitan,down at heels intellectual;would be writer.
'Polemic is a discourse of conflict, whose effect depends on a delicate balance between the requirements of truth and the enticements of anger, the duty to argue and the zest to inflame. Its rhetoric allows, even enforces, a certain figurative licence. Like epitaphs in Johnson’s adage, it is not under oath.'
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