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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.

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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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Videos: Cultural Diversity On Display Again In Sweden

BBC says “angry protesters” clashed with the police

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2 weeks ago

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5 September, 2023

Steve Watson

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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:

That’s not a protest. It’s a riot.

This exact same thing happened last year in the same areas too:

German Media Falsely Claims Muslim Riots in Sweden Were “Right Wing Demos”

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.

Related:

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Sweden: 19-Year-Old Man Killed While Trying to Stop Migrant Rape of Woman
Sweden: Migrant Gang Beat, Urinate on Teenager
Sweden: Man Drives Car Into Gym, Wrote Letter Mentioning Osama Bin Laden
Left-Wing Journalist on Sweden’s Migrant Suburbs: “Everyone Knew it Would End in Disaster”
Sweden: One in Four Women are Afraid to Leave Their Homes
Sweden: Pepper Spray Sales Surge 90% Amidst Rape Concerns
Sweden: Robberies Targeting Children Hit New Record High
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Swedish Prime Minister: “Massive Immigration Just Doesn’t Work”

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    Reports Claim France Cuts Off Internet Access Amid Riots

    Real or fake?

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    3 July, 2023

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    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.

    Translation:

    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.

    Some are still reporting that access to Twitter and social media is patchy:

    Is France really throttling social media?

    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

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    3 July, 2023

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    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.”

    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.” 

    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:

    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. 

    Meanwhile, social media reports showed violence is spreading to neighboring countries of Switzerland and Belgium. 

    … 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.  

    This post was originally published at Zero Hedge

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