Saturday, February 15, 2020

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 66:  PENSION BILL HITS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MONDAY





There are some 41,000 amendments being proposed to President Emmanuel Macron's "pension reform" bill as consideration starts Monday in the National Assembly.

Work on the bill in committee failed without a quorum as opponents boycotted sessions.

Its the "pension reform" and the loss of benefits seen in it helping to drive street protests in France and the Yellow Vests have seen some steam in their protests in the last two months of Yellow Vests protests.

17,907 the number of protesters estimated last week by "Yellow Number" Facebook at some 120 locations across France.



WEEK 66 YELLOW VESTS PARIS LIVE VIDEO STREAM


Here is a shorter video of the Paris protest some 26 minutes long.....


PARIS YELLOW VESTS WEEK 66 2/15/2020


Many peaceful Yellow Vests gatherings in France today but the anarchists interjected themselves in Rennes today with water cannon and tear gas used by police.    Mainstream media reports said 900 demonstrated there today.


FRANCE 3 TELEVISION NEWS REPORT YELLOW VESTS RENNES WEEK 66 2/15/2020


Also in the mix of protest in France today a demonstration by Extinction Rebellion climate change protesters at an airport in Chambery with mainstream media attention given to French police employing pepper spray to break up their blockade.......BBC NEWS STORY


Getting back to the Yellow Vests today in France a second report from France 3 television on the protest in Rennes where the anarchists made their presence known.....SECOND FRANCE 3 TELEVISION REPORT ON PROTEST IN RENNES 2/15/2020


The protests of the Yellow Vests continued this Saturday in Rouen and the video shows the gathering of people followed by their procession through the streets.   Orange vests of trade unionists protesting pension reform are mixed in with the Yellow Vests.....YELLOW VESTS WEEK 66 ROUEN 2/15/2020


The Yellow Vests in Toulouse today an the video showing police blocking a street and also the procession of the protesters.....YELLOW VESTS WEEK 66 TOULOUSE 2/15/2020


Yellow Vests on the streets in Marseille today......YELLOW VESTS WEEK 66 MARSEILLE 2/15/2020....and the Yellow Vests congregated at the port in Marseille today.....YELLOW VESTS WEEK 66 MARSEILLE PORT 2/15/2020


In Tours today the Yellow Vests gathered and here is the video of the protest there......YELLOW VESTS TOURS WEEK 66 2/15/2020


The story of the Yellow Vests in Bordeaux is captured today in this nearly six minute video.  A robust crowd moving through narrow streets at one point then into more open areas of the city.    A yellow banner among the protesters calling for "RIC".    RIC stands for Citizen Initiative Referendum.   This demand for citizens to be able to vote in a referendum on issues has been a consistent Yellow Vests demand....



YELLOW VESTS BORDEAUX WEEK 66 2/15/2020



A cloudy windy and in some places rainy day in France today and the wind blowing flags as the Yellow Vests made their way through streets in Nantes today......YELLOW VESTS NANTES WEEK 66 2/15/2020


Moving away from the protests of the Yellow Vests some dramatic events related to opposition to Emmanuel Macron with the online release of explicit videos featuring Benjamin Griveaux.   Griveaux was the candidate of La Republique En March (LaREM),  the political party of President Emmanuel Macron, for Mayor of Paris in next month's municipal elections.


Griveaux withdrawing his candidacy Friday and today the person responsible for releasing the videos  Russian emigre artist Piotr Pavlenski arrested.    Pavlenski was wanted in another matter by police.    He was an opponent of Russia's president Vladimir Putin and been strongly opposed to the French president sympathetic and supportive of the Yellow Vests.


Griveaux has filed a complaint with police about the videos.    In addition a woman who is a partner of Pavlenski, a 29-year old woman from Metz, was arrested today.   She is also said to have been involved in release of the videos.





And that is the story of the Yellow Vests for Week 66.   It again looks like thousands took to the streets in multiple locations across the country.    Opposition to pension reform will manifest itself int he days ahead as the legislation moves into the National Assembly for consideration.





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