(MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES CONTRIBUTED TO THIS POST INCLUDING FRANCE 24, CNEWS, BFM-TV)
YELLOW VESTS MARCH IN PARIS WEEK 182 5/7/2022
The "Bernie Sanders-AOC" of French politics Jean-Luc Melenchon missed the second round of the presidential vote last month but his strong third place showing became a catalyst for a campaign to promote Melenchon as the only viable force to keep President Emmanuel Macron in check.
Melenchon has touted himself as the next Prime Minister of France if the "Left" could win the upcoming legislative elections of June 12th and 19th.
His "France Unbowed" (LFI) party this week concluded agreements with the "Green Left", the Communists and the Socialists to run a coordinated slate of candidates across hundreds of the 577 National Assembly seats being contested next month.
Kept out of the agreement were the New Anticapitalist Party and Trotskyists whose presidential candidates scored 1.32 percent of the presidential vote combined in the first round.
Jordan Bardella, President of Marine Le Pen's National Rally party, says that Le Pen has no interest in being a Prime Minister for President Emmanuel Macron and his destructive economic policies.
THIS WEEK A STORY PUBLISHED ON THE BFM-TV WEBSITE SPEAKS OF SHORTAGES OF OIL, EGGS AND FLOUR IN FRANCE THE STORY SAYING THAT 'THE WAR IN UKRAINE' IS NOT THE ONLY REASON FOR THEM.
'rising production costs, 'tough trade negotiations', 'a backdrop of high inflation'
ALSO CITED IN THE STORY...BFM-TV: OIL, EGGS, FLOUR: WHY SUPERMARKET SHELVES ARE EMPTY (ENGLISH TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Polling data at the end of the week indicating 34 percent of the popular vote in the first round of the legislative elections June 12th for the "Left" and 24 percent for Emmanuel Macron's alliance. The National Rally back at 21 percent.
TODAY IN PARIS A GATHERING OF PROTESTERS...TEMPORARY VIDEO STREAM YELLOW VESTS PARIS 5-7-2022
LIVE VIDEO FROM PARIS PROTEST MAY 7TH, 2022....YELLOW VESTS PARIS LIVE STREAM 5/7/2022
"resolute action for France and for Europe"
Those words spoken today as Emmanuel Macron was sworn in for his second and final term as President of France today at the Elysee Palace in Paris. 450 people present with Macron promising to:
"act relentlessly"
Macron also spoke of a:
"more livable planet"...
Protest in Toulouse today Yellow Vests in the crowd and those without them...
Meanwhile in southern France in Bandol between Marseille and Toulon a Yellow Vests protest meeting advocating for the RIC (Citizen Initiative Referendum) and other traditional Yellow Vests positions.
This protest centered around a traffic circle another Yellow Vests tradition described as a general assembly of Yellow Vests in the region...
And in Versailles today the protest against the law allowing for vaccine and health passports in France calling for and end to the law...YOU TUBE VIDEO
For now that's the story of France and the Yellow Vests.
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