Saturday, March 7, 2020

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 69:  PENSION BILL MOVED BY DECREE THROUGH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, CORONAVIRUS RISES IN FRANCE




Last Saturday afternoon even as Week 68's protests wrapped up in the streets of France, Premier Edouard Philippe appeared in the National Assembly to invoke Article 49.3 of the constitution.


This allows for legislation to be passed unless a censure motion can pass in opposition to it.


The move to overcome a huge volume of amendments to the "reform" of pensions expected to cut benefits for working people who retire.


Two separate censure motions appeared and were voted on Tuesday as thousands protested in the streets of Paris.    One from the "Right" that got 141 votes and one from the "Left" that picked up the support of 91 members of the National Assembly.    The government's majority in the assembly prevailed with the opposition split into two separate camps.


The coronavirus on the rise in France with 613 cases and nine deaths recorded as of late Friday with the activation of the "white" plan to allow hospitals to be cleared of non-essential patients and visitors in preparation to handle virus patients.


That number now up to 716 cases today in the morning with the late Saturday total jumping to 949 cases with 16 deaths in France from Covid-19.



LIVE VIDEO STREAM TOULOUSE


This is a five minute video of the Yellow Vests in Toulouse today.


YELLOW VESTS WEEK 69 TOULOUSE 3/7/2020



The police in Lyon moved against Yellow Vests who were reported to be in the hundreds by the AFP news agency and BFM-TV.


The police ending up using water cannon and tear gas on the protesters....


AFP NEWS VIDEO YELLOW VESTS LYON WEEK 69


This 27 minute video presents a longer view of what happened in Lyon today from the start of the protest to the confrontation with police.    Yellow Vests in the crowd along with the black uniformed black blocs anarchists....



YELLOW VESTS LYON WEEK 69 3/7/2020




Video from the Yellow Vests protest in Paris today....






The Yellow Vests marching in Marseille today.....



YELLOW VESTS WEEK 69 MARSEILLE 3/7/2020



And the video from Lille today showing the Yellow Vests protest there with many still pictures and video of the protest at a traffic circle....


YELLOW VESTS WEEK 69 LILLE 3/7/2020


That is the story of the Yellow Vests in France today.






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