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| France arrests over 1,000 protesters |
| 2010-10-20 |
| [Iran Press TV] Since the start of the week, French police have jugged close to 1,200 demonstrators protesting the French government's proposed pension reforms. The government's interior ministry said that a total of 1,158 protesters have been jugged, 163 of them on Tuesday morning, AFP reported. Police in Lyon jugged 56 people on Tuesday, including nine youths who reportedly overturned cars and set one on fire. The Guardian reported that four policeman and one protester suffered minor injuries during the incident, and that the worst clashes occurred in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. The General Confederation of Labour Union (CGT), which is calling for another day of action on Wednesday, says at least 3.5 million people have participated in the national strikes on Tuesday, while government and police figures put the numbers at half a million, Rooters reported. More than 2,600 petrol stations have been shut down nationwide, as more than 47 crude oil and oil product tankers were unable to discharge at the port of Marseille due to striking port workers, Bloomberg said. President Sarkozy responded to the national unrest following a summit with Russian and German leaders, and said, "In a democracy, everyone can express themselves but you have to do so without violence or excesses." "I will hold a meeting as soon as I return to Paris to unblock a certain number of situations, because there are people who want to work and who must not be deprived of petrol," said Sarkozy, who was speaking in Deauville at a summit with the leaders of Russia and Germany. France has been hit by several coordinated strikes in the past two months in opposition to the proposed pension reforms that would increase the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62 and the full state pension age from 65 to 67. Sarkozy has refused to back down from his pension reform bill, which is expected to pass through parliament by the end of the week. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 And so it begins. To paraph "STAR WARS" JEDI MASTER YODA > "Begin the Jihad in France-EU has". Where COMMIES, LEFTANARCHISTS. ETAL. GO, ISLAMIST MILTERRS QUICKLY FOLLOW, and vicey versey. Perhaps the FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION'S + FORCE RAPIDE'S GREATEST BATTLE = STRUGGLE + BATTLE FOR FUTURE "LONDONISTAN" + "UKRABIA", + IRELAND = future DUBLIN-ISTAN?, TO BE WON OR LOST IN FRANCE + DER CHANNEL PORTS??? To defeat the US Aircraft Carrier in TAIWAN = TAIWAN/FORMOSA STRAITS, China + CPLAN believe the USN must be defeated first far away in GUAM-WESTPAC, HAWAII in EASTPAC, andor the US-NORAM WEST COAST AS REQUIRED. DITTO IRAN to defeat the US = US-Israel-Allies in the PERSIAN GULF. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-10-20 21:08 |
| #7 "La Belle France" - the hymn of the Front Populaire of 1936. According to Wikipedia: The Front Populaire, an alliance of left-wing movements, won the May 1936 legislative elections. The workers' movement welcomed this electoral victory by launching a general strike in May-June 1936. The socialist movement's euphoria was apparent in SFIO member Marceau Pivert's "Tout est possible!" (Everything is possible). However, as the economy continued to stall during the Great Depression, Blum was forced to stop his reforms and devalue the franc. With the French Senate controlled by conservatives, Blum, and thus the whole Popular Front, fell out of power in June 1937. I'm sure that any similarities to current events are coincidental. |
| Posted by: ryuge 2010-10-20 20:16 |
| #6 Get those lazy 29% off their ass and back to work... La Belle is depend on them. |
| Posted by: Goldies Every Damn Where 2010-10-20 18:04 |
| #5 If they have a pensioners vs. welfarists for what bread is left in the coffers, I'll bring dogs for the grill and burgers for the trunk. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-10-20 12:09 |
| #4 the ultimate selfish act Soci |
| Posted by: Gabby 2010-10-20 11:54 |
| #3 All this because of an increase of two years for socialist bennies. Socialism - the ultimate selfish act |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-10-20 10:59 |
| #2 nine There, fixed |
| Posted by: armyguy 2010-10-20 08:43 |
| #1 Nice port ya got there, real nice. Be a shame if anything happened to it. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-10-20 03:10 |