(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
YELLOW VESTS PROTEST IN PARIS SATURDAY JULY 19, 2025
France's budget rollout this week came on the day after a national holiday Bastille Day also in the middle of the summer.
It was a shocking and controversial budget but not entirely unexpected.
France faces the challenge of compliance with fiscal rules of the European Union and compliance with the increase in NATO defense spending as demanded by US President Donald Trump.
A tight spending plan outside of defense required by those standards including less spending on health care.
Two public holidays abandoned in France as part of the budget Easter Monday and May 8th which commemorates the end of World War II in Europe...
"Public Holidays Canceled, "Blank Year"...What To Remember From Francois Bayrou's Announcements On The 2026 Budget"-BFM-TV (Translation Prompt)
The budget denounced by the Left and Right opposing President Emmanuel Macron and his forces in the National Assembly that don't have a majority.
Macron has the power of Article 49.3 of the Fifth Republic constitution that Charles de Gaulle demanded to become France's first president under it.
He can force the budget through without a National Assembly vote.
If the opposition join forces to censure the government in response the road to new elections is opened where the opposition may be able to maintain or even gain legislative strength.
THE LAST FRENCH TROOPS PULLING OUT OF WEST AFRICA ENDING FRANCE'S 65 YEAR POST-COLONIAL MILITARY PRESENCE.
THE TROOPS IN SENEGAL PULLING OUT AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT. THE WITHDRAWAL FOLLOWS PULLOUTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION.
A NUMBER OF THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE DEVELOPED CLOSER RELATIONS FROM RUSSIA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FRENCH MILITARY WITHDRAWAL.
FRANCE RETAINING ONE OUTPOST IN AFRICA IN THE NATION OF DJIBOUTI WHERE 1,500 TROOPS REMAIN...
"France ends permanent military presence in West Africa after 65 years"- NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
In Paris this afternoon the Historic Yellow Vests protest. Interview oriented video up...Paris Historic Yellow Vests Week 347 July 19, 2025
That's news from France for this week.
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