You’ve probably heard of the “yellow vest” movement. It began in France in November 2018, when demonstrators wearing high-vis jackets took to the streets to protest against rising fuel prices and the government’s tax policies. The first weekend saw 280,000 people take…

A year after a proposed fuel tax triggered the gilets Jaunes (yellow vest) protests, France faces another crisis, this time over pension reform. Mass demonstrations have now gone on for more than 50 days, not letting up even for Christmas and New…

In a country with 42 different pension schemes and deep-seated stakes in maintaining the status quo, it is no surprise that a proposed overhaul of the French retirement system would be met with strong public resistance. And yet, reform is both necessary…

Champagne shipments are estimated to have fallen by 1.5% to total 297.4 million bottles for 2019, taking them to their lowest level since the global financial crisis of 2008. With a forecasted total of 297.4m bottles for the past year, the region…

Photograph Source: Leonardo Aguiar – CC BY 2.0 My favourite slogan about Brexit over the past three years is written in large white letters on a red gable wall in the Tigers Bay district of Belfast . It was painted before the…

France is riven by civil war, president Emmanuel Macron is hiding in a castle surrounded by the army, and hundreds are dead. Britons know nothing about this because the UK government has issued a D-notice banning the media from reporting it, and…

He won 90% of the Parisian vote in 2017. But his party is in disarray IF THERE IS one city that should be a natural habitat for Emmanuel Macron and his centrist party, it is Paris. Home to the country’s liberal elite,…

He won 90% of the Parisian vote in 2017. But his party is in disarray IF THERE IS one city that should be a natural habitat for Emmanuel Macron and his centrist party, it is Paris. Home to the country’s liberal elite,…

News service RT has released data showing that it has become the most-watched TV news network on YouTube, with a record-setting 10 billion views as well as more than 16 million subscribers. RT is a global, round-the-clock news network of eight TV…

Inter union (CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, Solidaires, FSU and youth organizations) demonstrate in Paris, January 24, 2020. Last October, I first started to get wind of a strike against Macron’s pension reform. As I am under 30, I didn’t think twice about it….