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AP – May Day: World’s workers rally, France sees pension anger
Report in AP on May Day protests across the world, focusing on France, where workers continue to resist President Macron’s new pension law. Read the article HERE.
France
Austerity
Marlon Ettinger: After Raising the Pension Age, Emmanuel Macron Is Planning “Unprecedented Austerity”
‘Emmanuel Macron has pushed through a rise in the pension age despite vast protests. In a televised address on Monday night, he said he’d “heard the anger” in the streets — yet his government’s new […]
EU politics
Thomas Fazi: Does Europe need to split?
Thomas Fazi writes in ‘Unherd’ on the growing East-West divide in the European Union. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
John P. Ruehl: How the war in Ukraine is shaking up the global arms industry
Arms exports are surging, with German and French weapons producers among those to be profiting from war John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is a contributing editor to Strategic […]
Finance
Clément Le Ludec, Maxime Cornet: How low-paid workers in Madagascar power French tech’s AI ambitions
A case study in neo-colonial economic relationships: Madagascan workers get paid a pittance to make French ‘artificial intelligence’ intelligent Clément Le Ludec is in the sociology of digital technology department at Télécom Paris – Institut […]
EU politics
Philippe Marlière: Macron’s denial of democracy
The French President is undermining any faith that was left in democracy, and may be paving the way for a Le Pen presidency in 2027 Philippe Marlière is a Professor of French and European Politics at […]
EU politics
Mathias Bernard – French governments’ long record of bypassing parliament: a brief history of article 49.3
Many French presidents have used article 49.3 to force through reforms, only to have to backdown later as their legitimacy is undermined and protests grow Mathias Bernard is a historian at the Clermont Auvergne university […]
EU politics
Harrison Stetler: Emmanuel Macron’s Constitutional Coup Has Thrown France Into Crisis
Most French people oppose raising the pension age, and there was no parliamentary majority for the change. While the reform has now been railroaded through the National Assembly, mobilised opponents see a chance to finish […]
EU politics
Michel Wieviorka: After Macron’s move to force through pension reform, all eyes are now on France’s trade unions
The pension strikes are helping to revive trade unionism in France as a significant political force Michel Wieviorka is a sociologist and member of the Centre for Sociological Analysis and Intervention (CADIS, EHSS-CNRS). Cross-posted from […]
EU politics
Jean-Luc Mélenchon: France’s pension battle isn’t over
The France Insoumise leader writes in ‘Jacobin’ on where next after Macron forced through the pension reform. Read the article HERE.