France contends with widespread strikes as unions take to streets against pension reform

French unions and demonstrators have taken to the streets on Thursday in widespread industrial action against the government’s projected pension reforms. President Emmanuel Macron’s administration seeks to raise France’s official retirement age from 62 — lower than much of Europe … Read More

France, Germany, Spain agree on moving on with FCAS warplane development – Berlin

BERLIN/PARIS, Nov 18 (Reuters) – France, Germany and Spain have reached agreement on starting the next phase of development of a new fighter jet dubbed FCAS, Europe’s largest defence project at an estimated cost of more than 100 billion euros … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – November 4, 2022

posted in: News, Weekly Update

Greetings from Tyler, Around the world, leaders have taken note. Why else is there a war in Ukraine? Why are the Chinese maneuvering toward Taiwan, insisting that it’s sovereign territory? Why is little rocket man shooting rockets toward Japan and … Read More

EU Agrees to Ban Majority of Russian Oil

European Union leaders agreed late Monday to ban two-thirds of Russian oil imports as part of a compromise deal to increase pressure on Russia while accounting for the economic effects on some EU nations that are more reliant on Russian … Read More

Brexit lessons forgotten in EU drive to deeper integration

Brussels ignores how economic grievance evolves into political dissent. Oh Brussels! Only in the land of the EU could 49 objectives containing 325 proposed actions be seen as the answer to Europe’s future development. But remarkably, this is exactly what … Read More

Russia using weapons supplied by France, Germany against Ukraine – report

posted in: Germany, News

France, Germany and a number of other EU countries used loopholes in the 2014 Russian arms embargo in order to continue supplying military equipment. Russia has been using weapons manufactured and exported by France and Germany in its war against … Read More

France could be next to leave EU in secret ‘Frexit’ plan if Le Pen wins, warns Macron

posted in: European Union, News

Presidential candidate Marine Le Pen wants to make France the next country to leave the EU in a secret plan, according to French president Emmanuel Macron. The French president made the claims as he faces a harder-than-expected fight to stay … Read More

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