(MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES INCLUDING FRANCE 24, BFM-TV USED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS POST)
Prosecutors in France are conducting a 'preliminary investigation' into consultancy firms and their role in the 2017 and 2022 presidential elections.
The controversy over the ties between President Emmanuel Macron and the US McKinsey firm has been in the public arena for years.
Suspicion is that McKinsey was being used to funnel financial support into political campaigns and getting sweetheart contract deals with the French government...POLITICO EU...
Mr. Macron says he has 'nothing to fear' as he made his case to the media Friday..NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
MEANWHILE A LEFTIST MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IS BACKING AWAY FROM HIS BILL TO BAN BULLFIGHTING IN FRANCE.
AMYMERIC CARON WAS CONFRONTED BY 500 AMENDMENTS TO HIS PROPOSAL.
BULLFIGHTING POPULAR IN SOUTHERN FRENCH REGIONS NEAR SPAIN...BBC NEWS
Saturday afternoon in Paris and protesters again gathering...
LIVE VIDEO STREAM: YELLOW VESTS GATHER IN PARIS 11/26/2022 WEEK 211 (VIDEO LATER REMOVED BY POSTER)
After that video got taken down I found another live video from Paris....
SECOND LIVE VIDEO STREAM OF YELLOW VESTS PROTEST IN PARIS 11/26/2022
The theme of protest in Paris today the precarious economic situation with inflation, shortages on grocery shelves, higher energy prices etc. etc.
A full two hour and 27 minute video with the march through the streets beginning 25 minutes into the video....
And this video here is from a different location where a health freedom protest was underway regarding COVID policy.
Legislation to bring back health care workers supported by the major Left and Right opposition blocks in France's National Assembly remains tied up by amendments offered by the Pro-Government faction...
And for now that's the story of France and the Yellow Vests for this week.
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