Pushing Military Spending and Neoliberal Austerity, French PM Emulates Trump
Both the left and the far right in France see the government budget plan as something of a class war budget.
French Contradictions: Macron’s Palestine Play – Too Little, Too Late
In a phone call with Macron on Tuesday, April 15, Netanyahu predictably resorted to his familiar nonsensical rhetoric, outrageously equating the establishment of a Palestinian state with rewarding “terrorism.”
An Inequality Tale of Two Capital Cities
In one, lawmakers are taxing the rich. In the other, they're rushing the rich a free pass at tax time.
Juan Cole: Macron Calls for Arms Embargo Against Israel in Response to Lebanon Invasion
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a radio interview with France Inter on Saturday, French president Emmanuel Macron called for an arms embargo against…
100,000+ People Across France March to Decry Macron’s ‘Denial of Democracy’
"Expressing one's vote will be useless as long as Macron is in power," said one demonstrator.
Progressive International Slams Macron for ‘Authoritarian Efforts to Repress the Will of the French People’
The president's rejection of a center-left coalition's prime minister candidate "is not merely a political maneuver to hold onto power, but a direct attack on French progressive forces."