By Richard Fontaine, the chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security.
China’s Balloon Could Be America’s Awakening
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Read More »Taken aback by the size of mass protests against its pension reform, the French government on Friday signalled readiness for compromise on the unpopular plan but vowed that its core measures would remain intact.
French government flags softer pensions stance after protests
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
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).
Oil From Biden’s Emergency SPR Release Is Heading For Europe
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U.S. Exports Oil From SPR Release: Report
Bloomberg: Oil From U.S. Strategic Reserve Heads for Europe Amid Global Supply Crunch
[11-2021] U.S. Is Already Exporting Oil From Strategic Reserve at Record Pace
If the Biden Administration decides to tap U.S. emergency crude reserves to push down domestic energy prices, it may not help all that much. The supplies may just be exported away like last month.
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The White House has been mulling a range of options to ease soaring pump prices and Democrats are pressing for a potential ban on oil exports as well as the release of crude from the nation’s strategic reserves.
It’s not “Putin’s Price Hike,” if prices were going up, last November!
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