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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Strikes grow as Macron postpones threat to crush French refinery strike
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French left-wing parties gather protesters to march in Paris, as refinery strikes persist
MSM was all over the cost of living protests but nothing about the Anti-NATO protests. Videos have emerged of police repression in Paris (at which protest, I’m unsure). Meanwhile, in the US, the Poor People’s Campaign, and allies, held multiple demonstrations to get out the vote (which were mainly covered by local news).
An electoral pact between the main parties of the left aims to win a parliamentary majority in June’s elections.
Could Emmanuel Macron be forced to appoint Jean-Luc Mélenchon as prime minister?
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