Neo-liberal Macron government in France pushes 2023 budget without parliamentary vote + French Labor Unrest Illustrates Worsening Economic Crisis Within the EU

The austerity-ridden budget was approved without a vote on after the government involved a controversial provision of the constitution. Earlier, left-wing MPs had passed several amendments to the government’s proposals

Neo-liberal Macron government in France pushes 2023 budget without parliamentary vote

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French Labor Unrest Illustrates Worsening Economic Crisis Within the EU

Canada’s fury at Russia’s recognition of the DPR & LPR shows its continuing subservience to US Empire

There has been a great deal of russophobic and sinophobic frenzy of late in our so-called mainstream media and on the part of politicians in Washington, Canada, the U.K. and Germany. What are the underlying reasons for this? Is it true that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is ‘imminent’?

Canada’s fury at Russia’s recognition of the DPR & LPR shows its continuing subservience to US Empire (Archived)

“Do You Want a War Between Russia and NATO?”

By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely crossposted

ISTANBUL – Emmanuel Macron is no Talleyrand. Self-promoted as “Jupiterian”, he may have finally got down to earth for a proper realpolitik insight while ruminating one of the former French Minister of Foreign Affairs key bon mots: “A diplomat who says ‘yes’ means ‘maybe’, a diplomat who says ‘maybe’ means ‘no’, and a diplomat who says ‘no’ is no diplomat.”

“Do You Want a War Between Russia and NATO?”