(MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES FRANCE 24, BFM-TV ETC. USED IN THIS POST)
YELLOW VESTS MARCH IN PARIS SATURDAY JULY 30, 2022
France's Senate voting last night on purchasing power legislation.
"Emergency measures for the protection of purchasing power"
is the way the legislation was described.
The Senate amending the original version that passed the National Assembly focused on helping the poorer French but keeping in the key measure of a four percent hike for pensions and other government subsidies retroactive to July 1st.
The Senate wanted to help business in France as well so a commercial rent cap of 3.5 percent a year was put in the Senate version.
The precarious energy situation in France highlighted in the late week visit by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The de-facto ruler of Saudi Arabia warmly welcomed by President Emmanuel Macron. There was strong criticism of the visit in consideration of the Saudi record on human rights...
The video coming in from Paris as protesters gather for today's march...YELLOW VESTS VIDEO STREAM PARIS WEEK 194 7/30/2022
Here is a 97 minute video of today's protest march in Paris...FULL VIDEO YELLOW VESTS PARIS WEEK 194 7/30/2022
In the summer in the heat the protests continue they are very muted and small in size.
The voters have voted and now French political leaders seem more responsive to people's concerns the cost of gasoline has been heavily subsidized by both the government and private companies.
Can the lid be kept on protests so far so good it seems for the forces of Big Government and Big Business in France but the months ahead especially on the energy front seem daunting.
That is the story of France and the Yellow Vests for this week.
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