Going nationwide: 2/3 of French back anti-govt Yellow Vests protests, poll shows | |
keybored
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Mr. Bisby
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-Vod-
User ID: 1011606 France 11/29/2018 11:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And indeed the movement is massively supported. Macron seems to just wait that the movement collapse on itself like it happens usually. But this movement could be very different, and Macron doesn't seem to realize it. I wonder how the situation is going to evolve. Last Edited by -Vod- on 11/29/2018 11:38 AM |
The Patriot Mind
User ID: 76943752 United States 11/29/2018 11:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Until they drop the gas price shit and directly say they want their French culture and sovereignty back from the EU and it’s puppets and then dispose of said puppets they are doing nothing of any consequence.... It is time for another French Revolution but I don’t think the people have the stomach and bravery their ancestors of a little over 2 centuries ago had Last Edited by The Patriot Mind on 11/29/2018 11:38 AM Fighting and triggering liberals and SJW's in the trenches of their safe spaces since 2014 Signed, The Patriot Mind |
Judethz
User ID: 75895360 United Kingdom 11/29/2018 11:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to youtu.be (secure)] Say goodbye to your comfortable Western lifestyle, everything is about to change. Withdraw all your money from the bank except enough to meet your bills and a little for emergencies. Stock up on all the basics, including water for your family, and avoid angry crowds. It may (or not) be that there will still be a short time before the Rapture comes, so don't continue wasting it by continuing in your stubborn unbelief. |
CSnow
User ID: 74827762 United States 11/29/2018 12:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Gotta hand it to the French for getting out on the streets when something pisses them off enough. Quoting: keybored Unfortunately, it has often been their disapproval of something that doesn't soothe and caress their liberalism/libtardism. Such as people being opposed to the retirement age in France being raised to 60 from 59, or something like that. At least their being unhappy about an arrogant increase in gasoline taxes makes sense. . |
deplorable recollector
User ID: 73110508 United Kingdom 11/29/2018 01:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The movement is really very large. There are peaceful demonstration everywhere, even in small towns in rural areas. Quoting: -Vod- And indeed the movement is massively supported. Macron seems to just wait that the movement collapse on itself like it happens usually. But this movement could be very different, and Macron doesn't seem to realize it. I wonder how the situation is going to evolve. I think Macron is way to detached from reality. This protest isn't going anywhere anytime soon. The France economy will collapse before the movement will. The only way this protest will end is going back to the gas prices that were in place before the protests started. But this is not going to happen. Last Edited by Recollector on 11/29/2018 01:56 PM |
Judethz
User ID: 75895360 United Kingdom 11/29/2018 02:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think Macron is way to detached from reality. Quoting: deplorable recollector This protest isn't going anywhere anytime soon. The France economy will collapse before the movement will. The only way this protest will end is going back to the gas prices that were in place before the protests started. But this is not going to happen. The French economy is the second largest in the EU and if it collapses so will the EU. Germany is the leading economy of Europe but cannot do nothing without French support. Italy, Greece, Spain, Ireland etc are dead weights, many people in the UK saw the way this was heading a long time ago, which is why we are on the way out. We are headed for troubled times like mankind has never seen and the USA, China, Japan, Russia and all the others will follow in very quick order. Notice the large blue flag at the front of the crowd that says TTIP and is X'd out. You should be worried because basically the plan is to turn everyone who is not a part of the system into modern day surfs, with whatever rights that we have left stripped away by law. Here is an extract from an excellent article in the Independent from a few years ago that lays it out. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is a series of trade negotiations being carried out mostly in secret between the EU and US. As a bi-lateral trade agreement, TTIP is about reducing the regulatory barriers to trade for big business, things like food safety law, environmental legislation, banking regulations and the sovereign powers of individual nations. It is, as John Hilary, Executive Director of campaign group War on Want, said: “An assault on European and US societies by transnational corporations.” Since before TTIP negotiations began last February, the process has been secretive and undemocratic. This secrecy is on-going, with nearly all information on negotiations coming from leaked documents and Freedom of Information requests. But worryingly, the covert nature of the talks may well be the least of our problems. Here are six other reasons why we should be scared of TTIP, very scared indeed: 1 The NHS Public services, especially the NHS, are in the firing line. One of the main aims of TTIP is to open up Europe’s public health, education and water services to US companies. This could essentially mean the privatisation of the NHS. The European Commission has claimed that public services will be kept out of TTIP. However, according to the Huffington Post, the UK Trade Minister Lord Livingston has admitted that talks about the NHS were still on the table. UK: Day of Dissent in London tackles TTIP 2 Food and environmental safety TTIP’s ‘regulatory convergence’ agenda will seek to bring EU standards on food safety and the environment closer to those of the US. But US regulations are much less strict, with 70 per cent of all processed foods sold in US supermarkets now containing genetically modified ingredients. By contrast, the EU allows virtually no GM foods. The US also has far laxer restrictions on the use of pesticides. It also uses growth hormones in its beef which are restricted in Europe due to links to cancer. US farmers have tried to have these restrictions lifted repeatedly in the past through the World Trade Organisation and it is likely that they will use TTIP to do so again. The same goes for the environment, where the EU’s REACH regulations are far tougher on potentially toxic substances. In Europe a company has to prove a substance is safe before it can be used; in the US the opposite is true: any substance can be used until it is proven unsafe. As an example, the EU currently bans 1,200 substances from use in cosmetics; the US just 12. 4 Privacy Remember ACTA (the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement)? It was thrown out by a massive majority in the European Parliament in 2012 after a huge public backlash against what was rightly seen as an attack on individual privacy where internet service providers would be required to monitor people’s online activity. Well, it’s feared that TTIP could be bringing back ACTA’s central elements, proving that if the democratic approach doesn’t work, there’s always the back door. An easing of data privacy laws and a restriction of public access to pharmaceutical companies’ clinical trials are also thought to be on the cards. 5 Jobs The EU has admitted that TTIP will probably cause unemployment as jobs switch to the US, where labour standards and trade union rights are lower. It has even advised EU members to draw on European support funds to compensate for the expected unemployment. Examples from other similar bi-lateral trade agreements around the world support the case for job losses. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada and Mexico caused the loss of one million US jobs over 12 years, instead of the hundreds of thousands of extra that were promised. Edited: Under 50% with link. [link to www.independent.co.uk (secure)] |
Sacred Geometry
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