Macron Fails to Persuade, So Opts for Coercion
President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform, forced through undemocratically, will fuel support for the far right and further weaken voters’ faith in politics.
US Media Cheer as France Forces Old People to Work
The pension of the average French person is already facing cuts over the coming decades.
Patrick Lawrence: French Streets and American Sofas
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost You might be Brazilian or Malian or Singaporean, it is remarkable the world over to watch the French explode into the streets of…
France Strikes Against Macron’s Neoliberal Pension Reform Plans
France’s eight major trade unions united for the first time in 12 years to combat government proposals to raise the retirement age to 64.
Patrick Lawrence: Europe and the Legitimization of Deception
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost The U.S., having no need of or gift for statecraft, has long practiced what I’ve taken to calling the diplomacy of no diplomacy.…
Patrick Lawrence: The Trans-Atlantic Rift Grows Wider
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost What an occasion, President Biden’s first state dinner. Better late than not at all, given it came last Thursday evening, nearly two years…
Macron Says Security Guarantees for Russia Needed for Future Peace Deal
The French president's comments drew criticism from Ukraine.
Israel Set to Deport Palestinian-French Human Rights Defender Salah Hammouri
Having spent nearly a decade in occupation prisons, Hammouri was most recently placed under administrative detention in March. In 2020, Israel revoked his residency status, an often-used tool of ethnic…
Mali’s Break With France Is a Symptom of Cracks in the Transatlantic Alliance
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 21 November 2022, Mali’s interim prime minister, Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga, issued a statement on social media announcing the government’s decision…
French Ambassador: US ‘Rules-Based Order’ Means Western Domination, Violating International Law
France’s ex US Ambassador Gérard Araud criticized Washington for frequently violating international law and said its so-called “rules-based order” is an unfair “Western order” based on “hegemony.” He condemned the…
How Europe is Destroying It’s Own ‘Garden’
Europe cannot fix its problems by blaming others, and the European ‘garden’, if it ever existed, is actually being ravaged by Europe’s own ruling elites – rich, detached and utterly…
Czech Protesters Rail Against Inflation, Sanctions and the Ukraine Proxy War
The rally united tens of thousands, from the left and right, against their government’s support for sanctions on Russia and the war in Ukraine.
The Military Industrial Complex Strikes Again
Europeans discontent with NATO and the war in Ukraine have been left out of North American media coverage, writes Eve Ottenberg.
Thousands Protest Against G7 Summit in Germany
The leaders of the seven most powerful imperialist countries are meeting in the Alps. These seven men stand for environmental destruction and militarism like no one else. That’s why protests…
Neoliberal Macron Loses Parliamentary Majority as Mélenchon-Led Left Surges in France
The president of far-right National Rally, meanwhile, celebrated a "historic breakthrough" as Le Pen's xenophobic party won a record 89 seats.