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Scuffles break out as French strike to call for higher wages

Dozens of black-clad protesters clashed with police and broke shop windows on Tuesday on the margins of a demonstration when several thousand people took to the streets of Paris to call for wage hikes as high inflation eats away their purchasing power.

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France faces widespread disruption as unions call strikes amidst ongoing petrol shortages

France faced nationwide transport strikes and general disruption on Tuesday as the government and unions continued to row over walkouts at oil depots that have sparked fuel shortages. Teachers, students, workers from healthcare services and industry turned out for street demonstrations calling for pay rises to cope with the cost…

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Macron backs plans for more electric cars as World Auto show opens in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron formally opened the 2022 'Mondial de l'Auto' international car show in Paris on Monday, hours after attempting to polish his green sheen with a series of measures intended to help drivers buy or rent electric cars.

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All Liz Truss's U-turns so far in her chaotic 41-day term as Prime Minister

From fracking, windfall taxes and tax cuts to Britain's relationship with Emmanuel Macron, Liz Truss is no stranger to a change of heart - and there's plenty more to come from the flip-flopping PM

Daily Mirror

Rethinking maternity leave for French lawmakers

If a French MP is not physically at the National Assembly, he or she cannot vote on a bill – a situation that is being challenged with the rise in the number of female MPs, some of whom will take time off for maternity leave. One MP wants to change…

Radio France Internationale

French government orders workers back as energy strikes continue

France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne warned striking oil industry workers on Sunday night that the government might once again use its so-called requisition powers to force workers back to their posts to ease fuel shortages. Essential workers at two storage depots have been ordered back to work Monday.

Radio France Internationale

France's Macron Seeks German 'Solidarity' on Energy

French President Emmanuel Macron called on Germany Sunday to show European "solidarity" over soaring energy prices, warning that Berlin's multi-billion plan to help its consumers could lead to "distortions". "We cannot stick to national policies, because this creates distortions within the European continent," the French leader said in an interview…

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‘Virtuous globalization mastermind’: Scott Morrison lauded by international speaking circuit agency

Former Australian prime minister also credited with ‘controlling natural disasters’ by the agency that says it now ‘exclusively’ represents him

The Guardian - AU

Thousands of French people — including a Nobel laureate — protest over inflation

The march for wage increases and other demands was organized by left-wing opponents of President Emmanuel Macron.

WEKU

Macron praises 'historic' Lebanon-Israel maritime deal for gas exploration

French President Emmanuel Macron has lauded the "historic agreement" between Lebanon and Israel that unlocks offshore gas production, saying the deal was an "important step towards more peace" between the Mediterranean neighbours.

Radio France Internationale

March against inflation turns up political heat in France

Protesters demanding wage increases, greater taxation of windfall profits and other steps to lessen the bite of rising inflation are marching in Paris, heeding the call of left-wing parties and trade unionists hoping to crank up pressure on the government of French President Emmanuel Macron

The Independent UK

France ramps up war support for Ukraine, rebuilds armories

France is pledging air defense missiles to protect Ukrainian cities against drone strikes, and an expanded training program for Ukrainian soldiers

The Independent UK

Tens of thousands take to the streets of Paris in protest over cost of living, climate inaction

Nearly three weeks into a strike that has forced filling stations across France to close, an estimated 140,000 demonstrators – according to the organisers – took to the streets of Paris this Sunday in protest against soaring living costs, fuel strikes and climate inaction. Police say participation was far lower.

Radio France Internationale

Macron: Lebanon-Israel Deal a Step Towards More Peace

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said the “historic agreement” between Lebanon and Israel that unlocks offshore gas production was an “important step towards more peace” between the Mediterranean neighbors. Although Lebanon and Israel have remained technically at war since Israel's creation in 1948, Lebanese President Michel Aoun approved the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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France to train up to 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers, defence minister says

French President Emmanuel Macron has backed a proposal to train a large number of Ukrainian soldiers in the country, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu told newspaper Le Parisien on Saturday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Beginning of the End’: Iran Activists Call for New Protests

Iranian activists called for fresh nationwide protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, as the movement entered a fifth week on Friday despite a crackdown that has killed dozens. Outrage over the 22-year-old's death on September 16, three days after she was arrested by Iran's notorious morality police, has fueled…

Radio France Internationale

French strike fever spreads as Macron's opponents push for confrontation

French railway workers and civil servants will next week join oil refinery staff with work stoppages, raising fears that anger over the rising cost of living could lead to a winter of discontent.

Radio France Internationale

Blow for Macron as French parliament approves special tax on 'super profits'

Lawmakers in France's National Assembly have voted in favour of an amendment to the 2023 budget that would raise taxes on dividends paid to large corporations for their windfall profits.

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France 24

Two French unions sign agreement with TotalEnergies, but CGT continues strike

TotalEnergies on Friday said the company had signed a salary agreement with two French unions. With the hardline CGT union walking out of negotiations, however, France continued to face fuel shortages ahead of a general public sector strike next week.

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NATO Chief Warns Russia Not to Cross ‘Very Important Line’

Russian President Vladimir Putin would be crossing a “very important line” if he were to order the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday, with the military alliance and Russia both due to hold nuclear exercises in coming days. NATO is holding its exercise, dubbed…

The Conversation

'Restitution' of looted African art just continues colonial policies - much more is at stake

The violence of the past is far from over. But it is disguised in many ways, made invisible and normalised. What started with the Spanish, Portuguese or the Ottoman empires continued with the British, French and Russian empires, and now the United States. Imperial political violence continues today in Palestine,…

Manchester Evening News

Macron responds to Russia claims that Ukraine joining NATO 'could lead to World War Three'

The French President took to Twitter to respond to the claims, which were made by a Russian security official

Radio France Internationale

French media divided over who's to blame for crippling fuel strike

As the wage dispute in the petrol refinery and distribution sector enters carries on, the French daily newspapers are sharply divided on the question of who is to blame for the chaos on the nation's streets, with desperate motorists scrambling for a few drops of juice.

Radio France Internationale

Russian strikes in Ukraine after UN vote condemning annexation of four regions

Russia has reportedly targeted the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv and the region around the capital, Kyiv, after the United Nations General Assembly condemned Moscow's attempted annexation of four Ukrainian areas and Ukraine’s allies committed more military aid.

Radio France Internationale

French union threatens legal action over requisitioned oil depot strikers

A legal battle over the right to strike is looming in France after a top union boss said he would go to the courts to stop the government from forcing oil refinery employees back to work.

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