As labor reforms in France continue, the amount protesters has gone down significantly. Since the last protest on September 12th, with a turnout of about 24,000 protesters, the amount of protesters at the last rally was down to around 5,500. Some think that the resistance to Macron’s labor reforms are running out of steam. Some of the protesters realize that… Read more »
Austria’s far-right FPOe party on Tuesday agreed to enter talks on forming a coalition government with incoming chancellor Sebastian Kurz, offering a fresh boost to populist parties in Europe. The conservative chancellor, 31, invited the FPOe (Freedom Party) for talks, paving the way for the party to return to power nearly two decades after it last entered government in 2000…. Read more »
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Thursday ruled out holding a snap regional election to break the deadlock between the central government and separatists seeking a split from Spain, sharpening the political crisis. Puigdemont had been expected to announce an election in order to counter Madrid’s moves to take direct control of autonomous Catalonia. But, speaking in the courtyard of the… Read more »
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of France on Thursday to denounce President Emmanuel Macron’s planned labour reforms, but low turnouts suggested the resistance is running out of steam. Numbers have steadily dwindled from a peak of around a quarter of a million who protested nationwide on September 12, the first major demonstration against Macron‘s reform agenda seen as… Read more »
The EU on Wednesday postponed a vote on proposals to renew the controversial weedkiller glyphosate, which critics say causes cancer and which the European Parliament wants banned in five years’ time. A panel of experts from the EU’s 28 member states met behind closed doors to consider plans to extend the European licence for glyphosate — the key ingredient in… Read more »
There has been tensions between the United States and Russia for quite some time now. Recently there have been accusations of Russia being involved in the voting process of the US elections. Now there seems to be a new focal point of the ongoing conflict. This conflict takes place in cyberspace. The Kaspersky security software firm has recently been accused… Read more »
The EU flag is at the centre of a political row in France, with eurosceptics demanding it be removed from parliament and europhile President Emmanuel Macron vowing it will remain. The hard-left France Unbowed party has demanded that the blue-and-yellow flag that has hung alongside the French flag in the lower house National Assembly for the past 10 years be… Read more »
Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has formally demanded the Catalan leader clarify whether independence has been declared, suggesting this will determine whether Spain steps in to suspend the region’s autonomy. Rajoy gave the Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont five days to clarify his stance. Advertisement (1 of 1): 0:13 Passer dans 3 s “The cabinet has agreed to require formally to… Read more »
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The security software firm Kaspersky has become the focal point in an escalating conflict in cyberspace between the United States and Russia. The Russian-based company has been accused of being a vehicle for hackers to steal security secrets from the US National Security Agency, and was banned by all American government agencies last month. But it remains unclear… Read more »
“”The president should listen to the people, understand them, rather than cause divisions,” Martinez told France 2 television.” I agree with this quote. Many people in France are protesting due to the presidents lack to listen to the people and its causing problems. If 24,000 people are protesting I think it would be beneficial to listen to their requests. The… Read more »