(MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES USED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS POST)
THE PROTEST AGAINST EMMANUEL MACRON'S PENSION REFORM LEGISLATION IN PARIS TODAY MARCH 11, 2023
MASS PROTESTS INVOLVED SOME 3.5 MILLION PEOPLE THIS LAST TUESDAY ACCORDING TO UNION ORGANIZERS, THE GOVERNMENT CLAIMING A SMALLER NUMBER 1.28 MILLION.
IT WAS A DAY OF STRIKE ACTION A SHUTDOWN DAY IN FRANCE WITH OIL REFINERIES, AIRPORTS, RAILROADS AND SCHOOLS IMPACTED.
THE STRONGEST SIGNS YET OF MASS OPPOSITION TO THE 'PENSION REFORM' PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON.
France's Senate taking up the pension reform plan of President Emmanuel Macron this week the legislation on a track to final approval by Monday March 26th as it goes to a 14-member committee of both legislative houses in France.
The critical Article 7 raising the retirement age to 64 easily passed the Senate its mainstream "Right" members from "Les Republicains" providing the bulk of the 201 votes in favor while the "Left" formed the main opposition among the 115 against.
What will happen at the end of the process still not clear the government lacks a majority in the National Assembly.
The pivotal votes for a 289 member majority coming from the 62 members of "Les Republicains" who are said by mainstream media to be divided.
The mainstream media in France broaching the notion that President Macron may have to use the 'nuclear option' of Article 49.3 to push through the pension overhaul.
That constitutional provision gives the French President the ability to pass legislation without approval of the National Assembly.
At the end of the week a news report suggesting that some in the National Assembly hope to unite the majority of its members not aligned with President Emmanuel Macron in a motion of censure against the government.
TODAY ANOTHER DAY OF MASS PROTEST BY THE OPPONENTS OF PENSION REFORM WITH NEXT WEDNESDAY MARCH 15TH DESIGNATED AS A STRIKE-PROTEST-SHUTDOWN DAY
Mainstream media pitching government information that there may be violent incidents during the protests in some cities today namely Toulouse, Nantes and Rennes.
Banks cited as possible targets.
Today protest leaders urging Emmanuel Macron to stop ignoring the protest movement and meet with them to talk about pension reform.
Large crowds at protest sites across France this video from Laon France...
Video from the big protest in Paris today...
The "Left" in France drives these protests and exclude the "Right" from participation they say that President Macron is betting that the people will eventually give up and accept the pension changes he is set to impose on them.
THE FRENCH TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION THE CGT SAYS 300,000 PROTESTED IN PARIS TODAY
France's leading left-wing politician Jean-Luc Melenchon calling for a "democratic" exit by President Macron from his pension reform plan.
But the government's message as spread by mainstream media revolves around the notion that the pension reform opponents have gone too far that they are too extreme.
One argument made on BFM-TV today was that a bakery and medical center had their power cut last Thursday as electricity workers took action against the homes of cabinet ministers in Mr. Macron's government.
ANOTHER ASPECT OF PRO-GOVERNMENT MESSAGING APPEARS TO BE A GROUP CALLED 'OCCURENCE' WHICH LOW BALLS CROWD ESTIMATES AT PROTESTS.
TODAY THEY CLAIM THAT ONLY 33,000 PROTESTED IN PARIS.
The mainstream media trumpeting 32 arrests that took place in the midst of the massive crowd in Paris.
The mainstream media also claiming the protest movement has reached its lowest point yet.
In Paris today the usual small Yellow Vests protest carried on in the midst of the mass protest and this video was posted a live stream...PARIS YELLOW VESTS WEEK 226 LIVE VIDEO STREAM
The nationwide protest movement against pension reform manifested itself on the streets of Lyon. A huge crowd in the thousands with union flags and other flags and banners.
Organizers estimated the crowd at 18,000 the government says only 7000 participated.
Also in Lyon a small group of black uniformed anarchists seen as the helpers of the government put on a January 6th show for the cameras. The police also doing some charging towards the anarchists for the viewers...VIDEO LINK
Saint-Brieuc in Brittany the scene of a protest involving 2500 people in opposition to the Macron pension plan...
In northern France a women's protest in Lille opposing Emmanuel Macron's pension scheme. The color purple prominent in the demonstration. A rope around the protesters who presented a strong message of opposition to the pension reform along with grievances against men looking at women's bodies with one sign reading:
"Educate your sons!"...
MORE THAN ONE MILLION DEMONSTRATORS ON THE STREETS TODAY ACCORDING TO ORGANIZERS THE GOVERNMENT'S NUMBER 368,000.
In Marseille today the crowds gathered at the waterfront and then marched through the center of the city many thousands of them...
And the protest in Bordeaux today various groups in the march trade unionists, feminists, LGBTQ, students among others...
LATE TONIGHT A 195-112 VOTE IN FAVOR OF PENSION REFORM IN THE FRENCH SENATE THE LEGISLATION NOW MOVES ONTO THE COMMITTEE OF 14 FROM BOTH LEIGISLATIVE HOUSES.
THE DEADLINE FOR THE LEGISLATION'S FINAL APPROVAL IS SUNDAY MARCH 26TH...
For now that's the story of France and the Yellow Vests.
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