Posted on 12/04/2021 10:11:19 PM PST by Nextrush
French President Emmanuel Macron visitng the money rich Gulf Arab countries this weekend as he faces the Presidential elections in just over four months.
The United Arab Emirates agreeing to buy 80 Rafale fighter jets. 12 French helicopters also part of the 19.2 billion US dollar deal.
A bit of a boost following the debacle of the 90 billion submarine deal with Australia falling apart under the weight of the AUKUS security alliance to counter China in the "Indo-Pacific".
Today President Macronmeeting Saudi Arabia's de-facto ruler Mohammed Bin Salman.
France and Saudi Arabia with a 'joint initiative" on Lebanon where the Iranian backed Hezbollah movement currently plays a pivotal role in the government of the former French colonial territory.
On the COVID front a "defense council" set for Monday where government officials will evaluate and perhaps make decisions about new measures.
The mesaaging this week varied but including the notion that French families should be together for Christmas even as the positive test numbers jump to higher levels in the 50-thousand per day range.
Mr. Macron saying that such "defense council" meetings should happen every 15 days perhaps that means any harsh measures like mandatory vaccination are being pushed down the road to see where the numbers stand and to allow Christmas to pass.
There's a report from southwestern France about a police commander who was tranferred over his refusal to be vaccinated against COVID. The commander of 150 gendarmes reassigned to a desk job in Paris.
The official line is that police who deal with the public must get the jabs.
To the protests across France today with the procession in the streets of Tours...
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jauntes gilletes!
they aint all bad
And in case I forget to remember, my very best wishes for a glorious Christmas and New Year!
After 160 months, it’s time to do something different to up the pressure. The government has clearly adjusted an probably doesn’t even notice them now.
Probably time to move into a national general strike, or something like that.
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