FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 149: HEALTH CARE WORKERS SUSPENDED OVER VACCINATION, PROTESTS CONTINUE, FRANCE HUMILIATED ON WORLD STAGE

 

           (MATERIAL FROM BFM-TV, FRANCE 24 CONTRIBUTED TO THIS POST)

          FRENCH HEALTH WORKERS SUSPENDED  FOR NOT GETTING VACCINATED

On Wednesday French Health Minister Olivier Veran said that three thousand health care workers were suspended without pay for being unvaccinated.  

His move came on the day designated by the government for workers either to be vaxxed or face the disciplinary action.

Veran claimed that many of those suspended had agreed to be vaccinated and would soon return to work.

Official figures published Tuesday from "Public Health France" said 89.3 percent of nurses and 89.8 percent of paramedics had been vaccinated in the country.    Some 95 percent of workers in nursing home facilities also reported to have been vaccinated.

      NEW FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TOUTED WHO HURTS MARINE LE PEN

Politics this week in France with Eric Zemmour the longtime TV pundit outspoken in his criticism of Islamic influences on France leaving his media job.      The media hyping his planned presidential run with instant polling.

The polling puts Zemmour at eight percent of the vote and knocks Marine Le Pen down to around 18 percent.    That puts Le Pen just ahead of the leading candidate of France's Establishment "Right" Xavier Bertrand.

Bertrand is shown to poll well perhaps even beating incumbent President Emmanuel Macron in the second round.

It appears Zemmour may be the candidate designed to knock Marine Le Pen down so Bertrand can enter the final round against Macron next April.

      FRANCE HUMILITATED ON WORLD STAGE WITH NEW AUKUS SECURITY PACT

A deep shock to France's international prestige and its national feelings came this week with the announcement of a security pact against China by the United States with the United Kingdom and Australia.

The new pact means Australia is pulling out of a deal to use French technology to build its new submarine fleet and will instead use American know-how to build nuclear subs.

France sees this as a "stab in the back" from Australia and decided to send a message to both the United States and Australia Friday night.    

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced Friday night that at the request of President Macron he was recalling France's ambassadors to Australia and the United States. 

Today in France more Health Freedom protests across the country in opposition to vaccine passports and forced vaccination swelling the ranks of the Yellow Vests movement.

Last week's government estimate some 121,000 participants in the demonstrations the hope of government and media appears to be seeing fewer protesters than that on the streets today.   Le Nombre Jaune Facebook estimated 193,477 protesters last Saturday.

Today's protests part of a bigger picture of Worldwide Day Of Freedom protests that began in Australia and will occur around the world during the day at 12 Noon local time...

The video from Paris live...

YELLOW VESTS HEALTH FREEDOM PROTEST PARIS 9/18/2021

A march in the streets of Valence in southeastern France the crowd again calling for "Liberte"...

LIVE VIDEO STREAM VALENCE FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 149 9/18/2021

One media report this afternoon pointing to some 180 protests going on at different locations in France today.

A demonstration in Tours, France today one of labor unions opposing the vaccine passport....

In Paris one nursing assistant who resigned her civil service position over forced vaccination told the AFP news agency:

"The vaccine, we are not sure what is in it, we are not guinea pigs"

Also a child psychologist in France's education system says their suspension from work came on Thursday.    "Armelle"  telling AFP:

"I take care of my health as I understand it, out of respect for myself,  I will not give up my right to choose"

Thousands marched in southern France in the streets of Toulon today....

This protest today in Aix en Provence.....

Avignon the scene of another mass Health Freedom-Yellow Vests protest this video captioned:

"I think the BFM-TV journalists only watch the beginning of the videos"

a reference to the notion that the media only sees a part of the actual protest crowds in France today...

And tonight the government's official estimate is of 80,000 protesters at 199 different locations across France with 6,100 of them protesting in Paris.

And for now that is the story of the Yellow Vests-Health Freedom protests in France.

(COVERAGE OF OTHER HEALTH FREEDOM PROTESTS AROUND THE WORLD IS IN THIS WEEKEND'S 'UNPLUGGED' POST...NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND