Saturday, February 22, 2020

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 67:  PENSION BILL IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HOW WILL IT BE PASSED?



The pension reform plan of President Emmanuel Macron has finally made it to the floor of the National Assembly with thousands of amendments proposed seeming to mean a lengthy delay in its movement.


Premier Edouard Philippe may have an option available to him in France's constitution.    Its Article 49.3 which allows him to declare a law in force unless a majority can be summoned to vote it down.

Use of Article 49, Paragraph 3 would be a messy matter and is said not to be desired even by some members of the pro-Macron majority in the assembly.


More protests on the streets against pension reform this week and now another Saturday of Yellow Vests protests.



Yellow Vests activist Eric Drouet was pushed out of an agricultural show today as he showed up with other protesters at the site to be visited by President Emmanuel Macron today.    Shouts of "Dictatorship" as the prohibition on demonstrations at the show was enforced.    Drouet ended up being arrested accused of "rebellion".


ERIC DROUET CONFRONTATION VIDEO AFP NEWS AGENCY


A closer view of what happened provided by this ground level video.as the security team for President Macron forcibly expelled him from the show and placed him under arrest.


ERIC DROUET ARREST VIDEO 2/22/2020



Video now live from the protest of the Yellow Vests in Lille with a report by activist Judith Muijsers from the Netherlands.   Her detailed robust and sometimes profane commentary in English along with the video.


LIVE VIDEO STREAM FROM YELLOW VESTS WEEK 67 LILLE 2/22/2020


Mainstream media reporting nine arrests in Lille today.....LILLE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 67 2/22/2020....another video clip from Lille today.....LILLE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 67 SECOND VIDEO 2/22/2020



The video from Toulouse of today's Yellow Vests protest......


YELLOW VESTS WEEK 67 TOULOUSE 2/22/2020



The Yellow Vests again on the streets of Montpellier today......


YELLOW VESTS WEEK 67 MONTPELLIER 2/22/2020



Getting back to pension reform the National Assembly in session today able to vote on one amendment to the legislation dealing with family caregivers.   Many more in the pipeline.   Emmanuel Macron still faced opposition questioning at the agricultural fair today.   What about pensions for farmers?

Macron said it was impossible to revalue the existing pensions of farmers to 85 percent of France's minimum wage.


Getting back to the protests video of the Yellow Vests in Marseille.....MARSEILLE WEEK 67 YELLOW VESTS 2/22/2020


And finally its been reported today that Emmanuel Macron was inviting Yellow Vests to the Elysee Palace to meet with him.    That's in this next video clip at the start which then continues to show the protest of the Yellow Vests in Bordeaux today......


MACRON INVITATION AND BORDEAUX YELLOW VESTS WEEK 67 2/22/2020



And for now the story of the Yellow Vests and related issues going on in France right now.   Again no firm national numbers but certainty base on videos that thousands took to the streets again today.

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