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☆ Analysis: French pension standoff causing cracks in Macron's camp, insiders say
  + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Elizabeth Pineau | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +7 min
With no sign of the protests abating, insiders question whether Borne's government has lost control of the political messaging necessary to appease the street. The situation has deteriorated considerably since Macron decided on March 16 to adopt the reform using special constitutional powers to bypass parliament. When asked about the divisions, the president's office said the majority of Macron's camp remained strong and united. "There are still ministers who are saying 'we should have done this or that', No!," the source lamented. An official in Borne's office said the prime minister had made efforts to preserve unity among ministers and lawmakers.
☆ France looks to AI-powered surveillance to secure Olympics
  + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Layli Foroudi | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
PARIS, March 23 (Reuters) - France's National Assembly on Thursday approved the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) video surveillance during the 2024 Paris Olympics, overlooking warnings from civil rights groups that the technology posed a threat to civil liberties. If formally adopted, France would become the first country in the European Union to legalise AI-powered surveillance. That would be setting a worrying surveillance precedent, a group of several dozen European lawmakers said last week. The plan to deploy AI surveillance has met strong resistance from rights groups such as Amnesty International and digital rights groups. Access Now's Leufer questioned the utility of AI in spotting would-be attackers because of the complexities in training algorithms on rare incidents.
☆ France's President Macron overrides parliament to pass retirement age bill
  + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Alain Jocard | Afp | Getty ImagesFrench President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday resorted to using special constitutional powers to push his plan to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62 through the lower house of parliament. The plans were passed in France's Senate on Thursday morning but had been due for a vote in the National Assembly (the lower house), where its approval was not guaranteed. Instead, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced to the assembly that the government would trigger Article 49.3 of the French constitution. Macron's Renaissance party argues reform of the pension system is necessary to sustain it long into the future. Household waste containers and rubbish dumps continue to pile up on the pavements of Paris streets on 14 March 2023 since garbage collectors went on strike against the French government's pension reform bill on 6 March 2023.
☆ France faces another day of nationwide protests against Macron's pension plans
  + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
PARIS, March 11 (Reuters) - France faced a seventh day of demonstrations on Saturday against President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reform plans amid ongoing rolling strikes which have affected refineries, public transport and garbage collections. Demonstrations started at 10 a.m (0900 GMT) in the streets of major cities including Toulouse and Nice. Opinion polls show a majority of voters oppose Macron's plan, while a slim majority supports the strike actions. An additional day of nationwide strikes and protests is planned for March 15. Reporting by Tangi Salaun, Forrest Crellin and Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Mike HarrisonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ 'Let's bring France to a halt': Oil refineries blocked and trains halted by pension reform protests
  + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Christophe Archambault | Afp | Getty ImagesStrike action over plans to raise the pension age in France caused widespread disruption on Tuesday, as trains came to a near-standstill, many schools were shut and fuel deliveries were blocked from refineries. Lou Benoist | Afp | Getty ImagesEric Sellini, a representative from the CGT union at TotalEnergies, told Reuters that a strike blocking the Gonfreville refinery in Normandy would run until Thursday. Another at the Donges refinery in western France is set to run until Friday, he added. Sameer Al-doumy | Afp | Getty ImagesThe strikes come as French workers grapple with red-hot inflation, which accelerated unexpectedly in February to hit 6.2% year-on-year. Around two thirds of the public support protests against the pension reforms, according to an Elabe survey.
☆ Macron reforms in the balance as French conservatives choose leader
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Elizabeth Pineau | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
The 56-year-old LR veteran Ciotti, whose home-base is the right-wing Nice region, says he wants to stop what he calls a "migratory invasion." "We are together so that France remains France," Ciotti told a rally last month, saying that authority, identity and liberty were the pillars of his policy, with the fight against Islamism a key issue. LR has lost veteran figures to Macron's camp, including Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and former prime minister Edouard Philippe. Nearly three quarters of LR voters consider LR cannot fly solo, an Odoxa poll for LCP showed last month. The favoured option for LR supporters would be an alliance with Macron's camp, but not far ahead of a deal with the RN.
☆ Marine Le Pen Wants France to Chart Its Own Course Between U.S. and Russia
  + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Noemie Bisserbe | Stacy Meichtry | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
PARIS—After securing her party’s biggest-ever gains in elections to France’s National Assembly, Marine Le Pen is now reflecting on whether she can steer the country toward what she calls a strategic midpoint between the U.S., Russia and China. Her hard-right National Rally party is now the single largest opposition party after securing 89 seats in June’s election, helping to deprive President Emmanuel Macron ’s Renaissance party of a majority. That makes her one of the more prominent voices in Western Europe to question the way the region’s security arrangements work.
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