Tom Kirkman + 8,860 January 21, 2020 Current and previous news combined here for an overall picture that France is PISSED at Macron. Electrical outages now, combined with earlier ire by French oil refineries. Current: Anti-Macron Protesters Cut Power Lines, Cause Massive Outages to Distribution, Trains, Suburbs In an escalation of protests against reforms being pushed by President Emanuel Macron, French union workers cut the power line to the world’s largest wholesale market in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A local energy branch of the far-left General Confederation of Labour Union (CGT), citing the pension reforms of President Macron, claimed responsibility for cutting a powerline that supplied energy to the Rungis International Market, a 234-hectare wholesale facility outside of Paris that does 9 billion euros in trade per year. The outage lasted 90 minutes at the market before generators kicked in. “We cut the power at the Rungis source substation this morning,” said union representative Franck Jouano, per Le Parisien. “Our goal is to mark the occasion symbolically because there is little talk of electricians and gas, who are affected by the reform. We also want to mobilize against this reform because the government does not react to the demonstrations”, he added. ... Earlier this month: Oil Refineries Join Transport Workers as France Anti-Macron Govt Strikes Enter 34th Day France’s government and unions appeared still far apart after talks resumed Tuesday over proposed pension reforms that have triggered record-setting strikes, hobbling the country’s train network, making commuting miserable for Parisians and spreading to oil refineries. ... ... Tuesday marked the 34th day of disruptive train strikes and walkouts in the Paris Metro. Oil refinery workers joined the walkouts. Union leaders vowed that “not a drop” of gasoline would be allowed through strikers’ lines, seeking to pile pressure on the government with the specter of possible shortages at pumps for motorists. ... 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Kirkman + 8,860 January 22, 2020 Anon comment, discussing the first article above about cutting power lines. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob Plant + 2,616 RP January 22, 2020 Macron has to be one of if not the least popular presidents of France ever. Having said that the unions in France are far too strong. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BenFranklin'sSpectacles + 762 SF January 23, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 5:52 PM, Tom Kirkman said: Current and previous news combined here for an overall picture that France is PISSED at Macron. Electrical outages now, combined with earlier ire by French oil refineries. Current: Anti-Macron Protesters Cut Power Lines, Cause Massive Outages to Distribution, Trains, Suburbs In an escalation of protests against reforms being pushed by President Emanuel Macron, French union workers cut the power line to the world’s largest wholesale market in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A local energy branch of the far-left General Confederation of Labour Union (CGT), citing the pension reforms of President Macron, claimed responsibility for cutting a powerline that supplied energy to the Rungis International Market, a 234-hectare wholesale facility outside of Paris that does 9 billion euros in trade per year. The outage lasted 90 minutes at the market before generators kicked in. “We cut the power at the Rungis source substation this morning,” said union representative Franck Jouano, per Le Parisien. “Our goal is to mark the occasion symbolically because there is little talk of electricians and gas, who are affected by the reform. We also want to mobilize against this reform because the government does not react to the demonstrations”, he added. ... Earlier this month: Oil Refineries Join Transport Workers as France Anti-Macron Govt Strikes Enter 34th Day France’s government and unions appeared still far apart after talks resumed Tuesday over proposed pension reforms that have triggered record-setting strikes, hobbling the country’s train network, making commuting miserable for Parisians and spreading to oil refineries. ... ... Tuesday marked the 34th day of disruptive train strikes and walkouts in the Paris Metro. Oil refinery workers joined the walkouts. Union leaders vowed that “not a drop” of gasoline would be allowed through strikers’ lines, seeking to pile pressure on the government with the specter of possible shortages at pumps for motorists. ... The French protests have been going on for over a year now. Is there any sign of resolution? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rasmus Jorgensen + 1,169 RJ January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, BenFranklin'sSpectacles said: The French protests have been going on for over a year now. Is there any sign of resolution? Not really. High waves are to be expected. It wasn't easy for Thatcher back in the 80s either. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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