French Politics

I don’t know how to translate it. =.=" The dedicated day where a non-majority parliament group can promote their own bills… They call that "niche parlementaire". Today was the Communist group’s turn.

Edited by Lyendith on May 4th 2023 at 2:14:33 PM

In the Westminster System I think what you’re referring to is know as an Opposition Day[1].

Edited by Silasw on May 4th 2023 at 1:10:16 PM

Re-nationalizing EDF is probably a good thing in the long run, even though I bet the state gets (again!) ripped off in the process.

As for the other bill... we already discussed that.

I think parliamentary slot would work as well.

Likely. Who's going to force them to do so?

The legal branch, presumably?

*read in a Saturday morning cartoon voice*

Previouly, on "Retire That Reform"!

Independent parliament group LIOT had planned to use its parliamentary slot to propose a bill who’s first article repeals article 7 of the retirement reform, thus cancelling the pushback of the retirement age from 62 to 64!

But the Macronists suddenly invoked article 40 of the constitution which forbids deputies −but not the government− from proposing bills that would create a financial charge for the State! However, that decision had to pass through the president of the parliament’s finance commission, which by tradition is an opposition deputy! Said president invoked legal precedents and customary law to declare the bill receivable, pointing out the fact that a strict and literal enforcement of article 40 would make pretty much every single bill proposed by the parliament invalid!

Yet the Macronists wouldn’t give up so easily and got the help of a few Republican deputies to slay down article 1 of LIOT’s bill in the social affairs commission (a preliminary step before the bill is examined), rendering it completely useless! The LIOT deputies can reinstate article 1 during the parliament session through an amendment, but the twist is that the judge of article 40 regarding amendments is the president of the National Assembly, who is a Macronist and declared article 1 of the bill invalid! Said article will thus not be discussed and there will be no vote on it!

How will the country react to these twisted machinations? How long will the government manage to get away with this shit? Stay tuned for the next episode of "Retire That Reform"!

…*sigh*… See, that’s the tricky thing with this government. They keep pulling this kind of shitty maneuvers that are technically legal but so blatantly spit on the opposition’s rights that no one before them had dared to do it.

In other news, employees of Verbaudet (a clothing brand) obtained a pay rise after a two month strike.

Disneyland Paris employees are also striking for a better pay in regards to inflation and better working schedules.

Edited by Lyendith on Jun 7th 2023 at 4:17:42 PM

This is basically how legislators see their jobs, right?

But wait, there's more ! Because the senate voted on a project, specifically the 3rd article, which allows to activate any electronic device for audio and video recording without anyone's consent.

And as a reminder, the french government has pretty much declared war on ecologist activists and NGO for human rights.

And also: The French parliamentary report confirms that the Rassemblement National served as a mouthpiece for the Kremlin

And let's not forget that Macron for like the 4th or 5th time tried to uncancel Pétain despite the fact that the prime minister's father was sent in Auschwitz and Buchenwald and the parlementary president is Jewish, who naturally recieved antisemitic hate mail !

Edited by Thesegougou on Jun 8th 2023 at 10:52:34 AM

They probably have to to not completely hate their job sometimes.

Huh, I had missed the electronic device thing. As for Le Pen, I doubt she would lose a single vote even if we learned she had a dance party with Putin, alas.

Just read that 2 elderly people and four toddlers (!) got stabbed in a park in Annecy

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/some-children-injured-by-knife-attack-french-town-annecy-minister-2023-06-08/

Thankfully, nobody died (yet)

Motive yet unclear

The children are in critical condition, so don't thank anyone just yet.

What a terrible story. Apparently the perpetrator was a Syrian refugee, but not with a terroristic motive. According to the police, he is squirming on the floor of his cell and not talking.

What… Why would someone… do that?

Profound mental illness probably.

I'm not aware of any non-mentally ill reason to flop around like a worm in your cell.

Let's hope that the victims make a full and complete recovery, and that the perpetrator receives the help he needs before the punishment he deserves.

Apparently this guy cried "on the name of Jesus Christ!" while stabbing people.

https://news.sky.com/story/syrian-refugee-who-stabbed-british-child-and-five-others-in-annecy-knife-attack-was-denied-asylum-in-france-12899146

Edited by Forenperser on Jun 9th 2023 at 10:03:32 AM

Yeah, it sounds like a complete mental breakdown. This is why offering mental health care to refugees and immigrants is important.

The children are out of danger now, and the assailant is now being psychologically investigated.

With that shout there is also the possibility of it being a Christianity motivated terrorist attack.

Well, yes, nothing says Arabs cannot be Christian fundamentalists Thought I not going to make any conclusions yet.

https://news.sky.com/story/syrian-refugee-who-stabbed-british-child-and-five-others-in-annecy-knife-attack-was-denied-asylum-in-france-12899146

Note that his request for asylum in France was denied, because he already had that status from Sweden (and that allowed him to be in France). This "was-denied-asylum-in-france" thing is a pointless thing to bring forward. Okay I meant misleading.

Also on Sunday begins this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival, so this isn't great timing.

Edited by gropcbf on Jun 9th 2023 at 7:28:28 PM

There are a lot of Christians in the Middle East, so yes, absolutely. People in the west do tend to forget/not know that part.

I'm not sure how pointless that really is, there could be context that could make that more relevant. Perhaps there are pressing reasons he wanted to live in France rather than Sweden, like family living there.

Edited by Redmess on Jun 9th 2023 at 4:19:06 PM

The issue is how it frames things, "denied Asylum" has a lot of baggage. That he was denied only because he already had Asylum elsewhere is a pretty important detail. A detail which headlines like that are meant to obfuscate.

Why was he denied anyway? Doesn't the EU have freedom of travel within its borders? Or is that only for citizens?

He was denied because it was redundant. He already had the status from Sweden, so France wasn't necessary.