(MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES USED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS POST INCLUDING BFM-TV AND FRANCE 24)
YELLOW VESTS PROTEST MARCH IN PARIS SATURDAY 10/29/2022
As political forces ostensibly opposed to President Emmanuel Macron failed to use their majority to censure his government this week Macron pushed forward advocating for "reform" of pensions in France as a means to cut government spending.
Appearing on "France 2" government television Wednesday Macron was adamant that a mechanism must be found to spend less money on pensions by raising the retirement age or by negotiating larger worker contributions to France's pension system.
Macron signaling that he might not push the retirement age all the way from 62 to 65 if people are willing to pay more for pensions...FRANCE 24 NEWS STORY
When the final push comes in the National Assembly this issue has the potential to unite opposing forces but the certainty of opposition unity seemed to fall apart this week.
There were two censure motions on the government with one proposed by the National Rally supported by its assembly members then in a surprise the censure motion of the "Left" union called "Nupes" was supported by the National Rally.
239 of the 577 National Assembly members united in censure of the government.
But the 60 or so members of "Les Republicans" France's "Mainstream" party of the "Right" opted not to support the censure preventing a majority from being achieved.
National Rally leader in the assembly Marine Le Pen noting their abstention as proof of "Les Republicains" secret support for Macron's agenda.
The government again used its Article 49.3 power this week to override the National Assembly and pass a Social Security budget without a National Assembly vote.
THE NEW PRESIDENTIAL OVERRIDE OF THE ASSEMBLY BROUGHT OUT A SMALL GROUP OF YELLOW VESTS PROTESTERS IN PARIS YESTERDAY (FRIDAY OCTOBER 28TH)...
Censure resolutions put out again with the "Left" failing to unite this time its Socialist, Green and Communist factions did not want a censure resolution on the table that might be supported by the National Rally.
This meant that only Jean-Luc Melenchon's LFI faction of the "Left" endorsed censuring the government.
Live video streaming from Paris on Saturday afternoon Yellow Vests in the street...
YELLOW VESTS PARIS WEEK 207 LIVE VIDEO STREAM
Before the march demonstrators gathered in Paris early this afternoon...VIDEO STREAM YELLOW VESTS PARIS WEEK 207 10/29/2022 PROTESTERS TALK AS THEY GATHER
ADDITIONAL LIVE VIDEO STREAMING FROM A YELLOW VESTS PROTEST IN PARIS TODAY...
LIVE VIDEO STREAM YELLOW VESTS PARIS WEEK 207 10/29/2022
Outside of Paris today leftist environmentalist activists massed in the thousands in the Aquitaine region at Sainte-Soline opposing a new irrigation system for agriculture.
Mainstream media hyping the presence of the black hooded anarchists among five thousand or more demonstrators some 1700 police mobilized.
Clashes reported as protesters broke through barriers police employing tear gas and making arrests.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says 61 police were hurt today. Two protesters also reported injured...
From Calvi on the northwest coast of Corsica this video of a Yellow Vests protest...
And that's the story of France and the Yellow Vests for this week.
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