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Rockstar · 12-06-18, 11:24 AM

https://www.france24.com/en/20181206...ow-vest-revolt

French student protests intensify alongside 'yellow vest' revolt.

Around 200 French high schools were blocked or disrupted Thursday by students protesting a raft of education overhauls, on a fourth day of action called to coincide with anti-government demonstrations which have rocked the country in recent weeks.
Dozens of people wearing face masks threw Molotov cocktails, torched trash bins and clashed with police in several cities during violent protests ahead of a call for nationwide demonstrations on Friday.
"The situations are quite varied, with total or partial blockages, barricades to control access, burning pallets," an education ministry official told AFP.

Although the students are demanding an end to testing overhauls and stricter university entrance requirements[

] , they have seized on the momentum of the ongoing "yellow vest" protests against President Emmanuel Macron. "We're the ones who are going to eventually have to pay higher fuel prices," said Ines, one of around 150 high school students demonstrating in the southern Paris suburb of Cachan.

Jimbuna · 12-06-18, 11:33 AM

Looks like others are starting to jump on the bandwagon.

Rockstar · 12-06-18, 03:54 PM

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-f...-idUSKBN1O52BS

French president Moron to deploy 89,000 troops and armored vehicles to quell riots.

GO GREEN!

Onkel Neal · 12-06-18, 05:38 PM

Looks like the government backed down. Too bad for the planet.

mapuc · 12-06-18, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockstar

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-f...-idUSKBN1O52BS

French president Moron to deploy 89,000 troops and armored vehicles to quell riots.

GO GREEN!

I have no problems letting my imagination running wild.

I was thinking on the civil war in Syria and how it started.

If I remember it correctly some part of the Syrian army changed side.

Of course this is not going to happen.

Back to real life politic discussion.

Markus

em2nought · 12-06-18, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mapuc

If I remember it correctly some part of the Syrian army changed side.

Markus

These aren't antifa punks, these are citizens singing "La Marseillaise" so you never know.

Rockstar · 12-07-18, 04:04 PM

https://apnews.com/3b7d4a322df34823b448dabd46e2e03a

As anti-government protests rage through France and Paris locks down, fearing new riots, the man whose presidency has unleashed the anger is nowhere to be seen. French President Emmanuel Macron has stayed out of the public eye all week, leaving his unpopular government to try to calm the nation. In response, “Macron, resign!” has become the main slogan of the “yellow vest” demonstrators.
The protesters’ anger has been directed at the French leader, who they feel has been the “president of the rich” and is out-of-touch with ordinary people.

ikalugin · 12-08-18, 03:11 AM

I wonder if we can make paralels with the Maidan.

Jimbuna · 12-08-18, 08:44 AM

Donald Trump blames the Paris climate agreement for the violence in the French capital.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8673771.html

Skybird · 12-08-18, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ikalugin

I wonder if we can make paralels with the Maidan.

No, we cannot.

Political situations in Ukraine back then (and today) and France are very different. Lets not start another relativisation round.

If the Maidan compare to anything, then the protests in Gezhi park, Turkey, in both cases against mafia-like, criminal oligarchic gangster clans running the state. That has another quality than the corruption and centralist elitism in France.

Rockstar · 12-08-18, 11:39 AM

A banker only looks at the numbers and never sees the people.

Mr Quatro · 12-08-18, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockstar

https://apnews.com/3b7d4a322df34823b448dabd46e2e03a

The protesters’ anger has been directed at the French leader, who they feel has been the “president of the rich” and is out-of-touch with ordinary people.

I believe you, but you will not see this reasoning on CNN or the other news channels

em2nought · 12-08-18, 12:14 PM

Apparently Macron used those 89,000 to surround the presidential palace and protect him from the French citizenry.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...208-story.html

Rockstar · 12-08-18, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by em2nought

Apparently Macron used those 89,000 to surround the presidential palace and protect him from the French citizenry.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...208-story.html

That's not presidential decorum you're smelling.

em2nought · 12-08-18, 02:46 PM

Apparently it's just fine for a left leaning government to use any number of weapons against their own citizenry, but a right leaning government launches a little tear gas against foreign invaders and the fake mainstream media goes berserk.

The French police are firing rubber bullets at taxpayers. Nothing to see here.

12-06-18, 11:24 AM	#76
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	https://www.france24.com/en/20181206...ow-vest-revolt French student protests intensify alongside 'yellow vest' revolt. Around 200 French high schools were blocked or disrupted Thursday by students protesting a raft of education overhauls, on a fourth day of action called to coincide with anti-government demonstrations which have rocked the country in recent weeks. Dozens of people wearing face masks threw Molotov cocktails, torched trash bins and clashed with police in several cities during violent protests ahead of a call for nationwide demonstrations on Friday. "The situations are quite varied, with total or partial blockages, barricades to control access, burning pallets," an education ministry official told AFP. Although the students are demanding an end to testing overhauls and stricter university entrance requirements[] , they have seized on the momentum of the ongoing "yellow vest" protests against President Emmanuel Macron. "We're the ones who are going to eventually have to pay higher fuel prices," said Ines, one of around 150 high school students demonstrating in the southern Paris suburb of Cachan.

12-06-18, 11:33 AM	#77
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Looks like others are starting to jump on the bandwagon. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Looks like the government backed down. Too bad for the planet. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I wonder if we can make paralels with the Maidan. __________________ Grumpy as always.

12-08-18, 08:44 AM	#84
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Donald Trump blames the Paris climate agreement for the violence in the French capital. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8673771.html __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-06-18, 03:54 PM	#78
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	https://www.reuters.com/article/us-f...-idUSKBN1O52BS French president Moron to deploy 89,000 troops and armored vehicles to quell riots. GO GREEN!

12-07-18, 04:04 PM	#82
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	https://apnews.com/3b7d4a322df34823b448dabd46e2e03a As anti-government protests rage through France and Paris locks down, fearing new riots, the man whose presidency has unleashed the anger is nowhere to be seen. French President Emmanuel Macron has stayed out of the public eye all week, leaving his unpopular government to try to calm the nation. In response, “Macron, resign!” has become the main slogan of the “yellow vest” demonstrators. The protesters’ anger has been directed at the French leader, who they feel has been the “president of the rich” and is out-of-touch with ordinary people.

12-08-18, 11:39 AM	#86
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	A banker only looks at the numbers and never sees the people.

12-08-18, 12:14 PM	#88
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Apparently Macron used those 89,000 to surround the presidential palace and protect him from the French citizenry. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...208-story.html __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

12-08-18, 02:46 PM	#90
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Apparently it's just fine for a left leaning government to use any number of weapons against their own citizenry, but a right leaning government launches a little tear gas against foreign invaders and the fake mainstream media goes berserk. The French police are firing rubber bullets at taxpayers. Nothing to see here. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!