A viral video shows police in Paris attacking a crowd of protesters with batons yesterday, as thousands of ‘G ilets Jaunes ‘ (yellow vests) converged on the capital: in France under Macron, you dare throwing water on police and you get slaughtered……

French police fired teargas under a rain of projectiles, used stun grenades and arrested dozens of people on Saturday as thousands of “yellow vest” anti-government protesters returned to the streets of Paris. Demonstrators shouted slogans denouncing the police, the president, Emmanuel Macron…

2019 Iranian protests: GTVM92/ Wikimedia Commons One form of collateral damage — to use an odious term — from the recent Mideast assassination and shootdown, is that they undermined a series of popular protests occurring in Iraq and Iran. Iran alone saw…

Lidl grew its market share in France by 40 basis points in December, putting the discounter on a market share of 5.8% as the year drew to a close, according to the latest data from Kantar. Data for the period from 2…

French fireman and members of the CGT union march through the streets of Paris chanting against President Macron as thousands take to the streets in support of the national strike on a crucial day between the government and the unions over pension…

Topics France is once again in revolt. This time, it is experiencing the longest strike movement since 1968. French rail workers have been particularly active, bringing the transport system to a halt with the longest continuous rail strike since the founding of…

The French government has made a major climbdown in its battle with unions over reforms to the country’s complex pension system, which have led to nationwide strikes and transport chaos for more than a month. As protesters took to the streets of…

epa08058386 United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner speaks during the UNDP Human Development Report 2019 presentation, in Bogota, Colombia, 09 December 2019. EPA-EFE/Mauricio Duenas Castaneda From Brexit to the ‘ gilets jaunes’ , protest movements in Europe and elsewhere have…

In total, the OFCE estimates that France could make €3 billion in revenue off this new tax, which would cost taxpayers three times less than Macron’s previously proposed climate-energy contribution. The European Commission’s carbon border tax proposal would have a small impact…

French fireman and members of the CGT union march through the streets of Paris chanting against President Macron as thousands take to the streets in support of the national strike on a crucial day between the government and the unions over pension…