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French Workers Vow “Mother Of All Battles” As Macron Govt To Raise Retirement Age To 64
Get ready for the riots.

Published
8 months agoon
Zero Hedge

Get ready for the riots to break out… France’s government has just proposed raising the legal retirement age as it embarks on significant reforms to the pension system, and not for the first time.
The Macron government going years back was already met with fierce pushback and anger upon earlier similar proposals and major overhaul attempts. The plan was unveiled Tuesday by Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, and proposes raising legal retirement age from 62 to 64 by 2030.
The plan stopped short of Macron’s previously proposed 65, and an outline of the proposal seeks to require that workers pay into the system for two more years, raising this from the current 41 to 43 years paying in.
The Macron government has argued a major overhaul is urgently necessary to stave off a coming huge deficit in the system. Macron has been pushing for such reforms since his first election in 2017.
According to the details of the plan as summarized in BBC:
- A full pension from 2027 will require working for 43 years (instead of 42 years currently)
- Guaranteed minimum pension income of not less than 85% of the net minimum wage, roughly €1,200 (£1,060) per month at current levels, for new retirees
- Police officers, prison guards, air traffic controllers and other public workers in jobs deemed physically or mentally arduous will keep the right to retire early
- Their retirement age will be increased by the same number of years as the wider labor force
- End to so-called “special regimes” with different retirement ages and benefits for rail workers, electricity and gas workers, among others.
Some of the above listed ‘sweeteners’ such as the increase in minimum pension to around €1,200 over and above the current €900 is an attempt to win the public’s support ahead of it being presented to parliament in the next weeks.
Widely cited recent polls point to around 70-80% of the population opposing Macron’s desired retirement age of 64. Already labor unions are planning large protests to begin next week, including some strikes set to begin Jan.19, with the FT citing the following union leaders touting they are ready for the “mother of all battles”:
Frédéric Souillot, head of the Force Ouvrière union, put the government on notice earlier this week that unions were willing to shut down the economy to stop the pensions law. “If for Emmanuel Macron this is the mother of all reforms, then for us it is the mother of all battles,” he said.
Far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon called the proposal a “grave social regression”, while Le Pen called it “unjust” and said the French could count on her far-right party’s “total determination” to block it.
Protests have already been growing in some locales, with larger demonstrations expected next week…
It comes at a moment of rising cost of living across Europe and the West broadly, and amid deep uncertainty over near-future term energy and food prices related to the Ukraine war and fast-moving geopolitical events.
PM Borne is setting out to convince the population that the system must “evolve to ensure its future” – given especially that other European countries have already adjusted. “I know French people are worried about the changes, and we want to explain it and convince them,” she sought to assure.
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Riots
Videos: Cultural Diversity On Display Again In Sweden
BBC says “angry protesters” clashed with the police
Published
2 weeks agoon
5 September, 2023Steve Watson

Displays of cultural diversity have yet again broken out in the multiethnic utopia of Sweden.
Otherwise known as migrant riots, the latest violence has erupted in Malmo following a Quran burning by an ‘Anti-Islam activist’ according to the BBC.
“A group of angry protesters tried to stop the burning, which resulted in a showdown between them and police,” the report states.
Take a look at the “angry protesters” in action:
Violent riots in Sweden's third largest city Malmo after latest Quran burning. pic.twitter.com/1ZZEoAsfSg
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) September 5, 2023
That’s not a protest. It’s a riot.
📍MALMO, SWEDEN 🇸🇪
— {Matt} $XRPatriot (@matttttt187) September 4, 2023
🇸🇪☪️ Demonstrators shout Allahu Akbar while flipping car (left video) before setting it and others on fire (right video) as protests against Quran burning turn into violent (and stupid) riots in Swedish city of Malmo.@IntelRepublic pic.twitter.com/I9f3zJeiea
Riots in Sweden as a result of Quran burning pic.twitter.com/rA9y5ZG2zQ
— Pegida Canada (@PegidaCanada) September 4, 2023
#WATCH 🚨🇸🇪 The latest #Quran burning in #Sweden by #Christian activists has sparked riots in the city of Malmö. Over 20 cars were set on fire and dozens were arrested.#latestnews #BREAKING #BreakingNews #riot #NewsUpdate pic.twitter.com/5SZ9vBap72
— upuknews (@upuknews1) September 5, 2023
Major riots broke out in the city of Malmö, Sweden last night after an Iraqi Christian burned the Holy Quran in the city earlier in the day.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 4, 2023
Around 30 cars were set ablaze and police officers were attacked by crowds throwing rocks.
🇸🇪 pic.twitter.com/12lUJRV4El
#BREAKING #Sweden #Malmo This is what the riots looked like in Malmö, Sweden. pic.twitter.com/pIERJb58Ij
— The National Independent (@NationalIndNews) September 4, 2023
This exact same thing happened last year in the same areas too:
Over the last 20 years, Sweden has taken in more refugees per capita that any other western country, a process which has seen Sweden go from being one of the safest countries in Europe to the second most dangerous.
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Reports Claim France Cuts Off Internet Access Amid Riots
Real or fake?
Published
3 months agoon
3 July, 2023Steve Watson

It is being reported that the French government has restricted access to the internet in certain areas as the country continues to descend into riotous chaos.
The reports note that The French Minister of the Interior under President Macron announced on Sunday that in an effort to prevent rioters from organising on social media, internet access would be cut off in hot spot neighbourhoods in the evening.
BREAKING NEWS: #France has restricted all internet access, due to the ongoing #FranceProtests pic.twitter.com/N6cW2Cs4E5
— PSAFLIVE (@PSAFLIVE) July 3, 2023
Translation:
Internet access restrictions in France pic.twitter.com/L0an4fn4AL
— MoCrown👸 (@msmocrown) July 3, 2023
However, some are claiming that the reports, and the announcement are fake, with the Ministry of the Interior itself saying that no decision has been taken in this regard.
#UrbanViolence | Beware of #FakeNews
— France Diplomacy🇫🇷🇪🇺 (@francediplo_EN) July 3, 2023
📃 A “press release” from the French national police force @PoliceNationale has claimed that temporary restrictions have been imposed on Internet access in certain neighbourhoods.
❌ This document is FALSE: no such decision has been taken. pic.twitter.com/IyvFK3bN1z
Macron has shut down the Internet in France👀👀 pic.twitter.com/WWGw4NTREw
— nikola 3 (@ronin19217435) July 2, 2023
#ViolencesUrbaines | Attention aux #FakeNews
— Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Outre-mer (@Interieur_Gouv) July 2, 2023
📃Un communiqué de presse de la @PoliceNationale annoncerait des restrictions temporaires à l’accès internet dans certains quartiers.
❌Ce document est un FAUX : aucune décision n’a été prise en ce sens. pic.twitter.com/LQYPKxp0KO
Some are still reporting that access to Twitter and social media is patchy:
Twitter outage in France according to downdetector!
— Mats Nilsson (@mazzenilsson) July 2, 2023
In past events France has been very critical towards, China, Turkey, Pakistan, Iran and others for internet-accessibility limitations during (orchestrated) uprisings, yet now they are doing the exact same thing! pic.twitter.com/3Y1WVr6QRX
My GF cannot access Twitter from France, but can use other general websites. I’m not sure how big the block list is.
— JJMC (@joaojmc_) July 3, 2023
Is France really throttling social media?
** I still have the same problems **
— Timothy Robert (@timingnl) July 1, 2023
** Italy **
Twitter has been experiencing a major outage internationally since the beginning of the afternoon, unrelated to the situation in France. NetBlocks confirms that the incident is not related to a nationwide internet restriction. pic.twitter.com/v276s4UZLe
No, this morning. I was sending her tweets and she could not access the website itself. The rate limit was something else.
— JJMC (@joaojmc_) July 3, 2023
This development comes after Macron blamed video games for the rioting which has been ongoing now for more than 5 days in multiple cities.
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France In Crisis For Fifth Night As Violence Spreads To Neighboring Countries
Published
3 months agoon
3 July, 2023Zero Hedge

Former President Trump was correct about France many years ago. He said, “I wouldn’t go to France. Because France is no longer France …This world better be very careful and they better get very tough and very smart.”
Trump was right about France seven years ago… h/t @rising_serpent pic.twitter.com/N5ltQSsmk6
— @amuse (@amuse) July 2, 2023
As the unrest in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager of North African descent continued for the fifth day, Paul Joseph Watson offered his view of why social unrest has quickly spread nationwide. And spoiler alert, unlike French officials who blame “social media,” PJW said, “This is what happens when you absorb millions of migrants into a European county at an accelerated rate pace — with zero plan — with zero prospects for ever integrating them.”
All hell broke loose in France over the last few nights since the death of a 17-year-old french algerian boy shot by the police.
— PJW Shorts (@pjwshorts) June 30, 2023
Twitter: @PrisonPlanet
Full video: https://t.co/1NcDUK12Q5 pic.twitter.com/5kEcI9mfCb
Rioters burned vehicles and buildings and looted stores nationwide for the fifth consecutive night. Police arrested 719 people by the early hours of Sunday, according to the French interior ministry.
Reuters noted the chaos was “less intense overnight” compared with the 1,300 people arrested on Friday night, suggesting riots are dying down after more than 45,000 police officers, as well as dozens of military armored vehicles, were deployed across the country to squash the violence.
President Emmanuel Macron canceled his visit to Germany and met with officials Sunday to develop strategies to suppress some of the worst violence the country has seen since the 2018 “Yellow Vest” protests.
Here’s footage of the chaos from last night:
🇫🇷France Riots: A building was completely destroyed by fires in Borderouge, Toulouse. pic.twitter.com/nuKBC60i4z
— Truthseeker (@Xx17965797N) July 2, 2023
#FranceRiots: CCTV captured rioters try to tear apart the fencing put around the L'Haÿ-les-Roses city hall in the Paris suburb. @VincentJeanbrun, the conservative mayor, had his family home targeted overnight in an arson attack as his wife and young children slept inside.
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) July 2, 2023
The… pic.twitter.com/lykc531fMb
Vincent Jeanbrun, mayor of the southern Paris suburb of L’Hay-les-Roses, said rioters tried to assassinate him and his family.
“Last night, a milestone was reached in horror and ignominy. My home was attacked and my family was the victim of an assassination attempt,” he wrote on social media.
#FranceRiots: Overnight as race riots descended into the fifth day in France, the family home of @VincentJeanbrun, Mayor of Paris suburb L'Haÿ-les-Roses, was attacked. Rioters set a car on fire & rammed it into his home, trying to burn it down. His wife & young children were… pic.twitter.com/VDzsomUpVM
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) July 2, 2023
Summary of the fifth nights of riots in France:
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) July 2, 2023
– 871 fires on public roads
– 577 burned vehicles
– 74 burned buildings
– 719 people arrested
– 45 police officers and gendarmes injured
🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/uLPkUATyb2
Police beat back looters in Montpellier, France.
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) July 2, 2023
The southern coastal city is near Marseille, an epicenter of the French riots.
pic.twitter.com/adDfNVUkmC
🚨 FRENCH RIOTING: The town of Marseille, France is experiencing INTENSE riots tonight where criminals have raided a gun store and now armed themselves with rifles.
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 2, 2023
A Volkswagen dealer has just been looted and a MASSIVE residential building is burning TJ the ground in Lyon… pic.twitter.com/psPsWHtKa2
Meanwhile, social media reports showed violence is spreading to neighboring countries of Switzerland and Belgium.
Tumultuous unrest that originated in France has now extended its reach to Switzerland. The waves of protests and upheaval have infiltrated Lausanne, marking an alarming escalation of the French riots' influence.https://t.co/rBikbmmCaVpic.twitter.com/eD3SsAD2r4
— Russian Market (@runews) July 2, 2023
… and there’s this from 2017.
And in a chilling 2021 report, 25 retired French generals warned Macron in an open letter that the country is headed for “civil war” because of the influx of migrants. So what did the president do in response? He threatened to punish active soldiers who signed an open letter, according to France 24.
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