Macron calls crisis talks after another night of violence across France, with more than 600 arrested
https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-to-lead-french-government-crisis-meeting-as-riots-paris-worsen/
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Floufym@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 3y
Real issue is not the « nights of violence » but the fact that police still kill without beeing more in troubles.
swytch@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 3y
« Nights of violence » and « Attack against democracy » is the narrative the government and (some) media stick to, because they can't lose face. We've been calling it out for a long, long time now, both in France and in the rest of the world. Situation in France escalated dramatically since 2016 and the law « El Khomri » relative to work rights, but (unfortunately) even quicker since Macron became President, as he will not consider people's voice.
In 2017, a law was relative to firearms passed the Parliament, giving police officers more latitude as to when they are allowed to use them.
B4tid0@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Seems to be a problem everywhere sigh
Raphael@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
I don't like Macron. I think he could be worse, but I don't like him anyway.
Chipthemonk@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
I find Trudeau to be similar. Rich privileged white kids who had connections and now rule.
freshenyadrink@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 3y
Insane. Difficult to imagine these things happening in France. Well, maybe not so difficult now that I think about it.
rammer@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 3y
This has been brewing for decades by now. Doesn't surprise me one bit.
Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 3y
Wasn't he at an Elton John concert or something last night? This guy is the living definition of French aristocracy
buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Remember when he was first elected and announced he was going to be a "jupiterian" president?
kuna@szmer.info · 5 pts · 3y
CompassInspector@invariant-marxism.red · 2 pts · 3y
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 3y
I'm going to france next week... Should be fun
Hubi@feddit.de · 5 pts · 3y
Make sure to pack some riot gear