FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 388*SOCCER FAN RIOTING*AMBASSADOR BACK IN ALGERIA*AIRCRAFT CARRIER CLOSER TO HORMUZ*SOCIALIST PARTY TURMOIL*TODAY'S PROTESTS*

 

         (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)

             SOCCER FAN RIOTING IN PARIS WEDNESDAY MAY 6, 2026

Nearly 130 people arrested Wednesday night as soccer fans rioted in celebration of the Paris-St. Germain (PSG) victory over Bayern Munich enabling PSG to reach the Champions League final.

There were 11 injuries among rioters and 23 among police.

Interior Minister Laurent Nunez condemning the violence saying that security will be tightened for the PSG-Arsenal final match in Budapest on May 30th...

                               Associated Press USA-Al Jazeera Qatar

ON FRIDAY PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON ANNOUNCING THE RETURN OF FRENCH AMBASSADOR STEPHANE ROMATET TO ALGERIA.

ROMATET WAS RECALLED JUST OVER A YEAR AGO AS TENSIONS BETWEEN ALGERIA AND FRANCE BOILED OVER. 

  

THE ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT TARGETING ITS OPPONENTS ON FRENCH TERRITORY.   

FRANCE ALSO FAVORING THE CLAIM OF MOROCCO FOR THE MINERAL RICH WESTERN SAHARA TERRITORY OVER THE CLAIM OF ALGERIA.

IN SENDING THE AMBASSADOR BACK TO ALGERIA MR. MACRON SPOKE OF THE NEED FOR 'AN EFFECTIVE DIALOGUE'.

ALGERIA IS ALSO ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIER OF NIGER AND MALI FORMER FRENCH COLONIES NOW FRIENDLY TO RUSSIA.

THE RECENT JIHADIST-SEPARATIST ASSAULT ON MALI INCLUDING ATTACKS ON RUSSIAN MERCENARIES HAS BEEN BLAMED ON FRANCE...

              BFM TV News Story (Translation Prompt)

This week the aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" and escort ships making their way into the Red Sea placing them closer to a possible mission in the Strait of Hormuz.

President Macron linking the mission of the carrier to the notion of "freedom of navigation" in the strait.

This dovetails with US President Donald Trump's messaging regarding 'freedom of navigation' in connection with US naval operations currently underway against Iran including a blockade of the Iranian coast...

"French Carrier Strike Group Now Operating In Middle East"-USNI News USA

On the surface of French politics there is supposed to be a united "Left" bloc that includes the far-left "LFI" (La France Insoumise), Ecologists and the Socialist Party.

But elements of the Socialist Party (PS) appear to be trying to break up the unity ahead of next year's Presidential Election.

Boris Vallaud leader of the Socialists in the National Assembly stepping down from his leadership position in the PS along with others leaving First Secretary Olivier Faure without a majority in the party's leadership.

Vallaud wants Socialists to run their own presidential candidate and decline participation in a primary of the united Left.

Other parties on the Left take a more Pro-Palestinian and Anti-Capitalist view than the Socialist Party...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)

AND IN PARIS TODAY THE WEEKLY YELLOW VESTS PROTEST EVENT A SMALL GROUP OF DEMONSTRATORS AGAIN ON THE STREETS OF PARIS...FULL VIDEO OF PROTEST (DEMONSTRATON VISIBLE FROM 2:30 ON IN VIDEO)

              'LES PATRIOTES' JOURNEE DU FREXIT RALLY MAY 9, 2026

Also, in Paris today another protest held by the small "Les Patriotes" party whose leader Florian Philippot used to be involved in the National Rally before he broke away.

The message here pushes the notion of France leaving the European Union.

                                              For now that's news from France.