

Charles III’s First Visit to Paris Cancelled
Beyond the organisational frustrations, the optics of the king’s reception and the almost revolutionary atmosphere in France contributed to the cancellation.
Beyond the organisational frustrations, the optics of the king’s reception and the almost revolutionary atmosphere in France contributed to the cancellation.
Last month’s national rail tragedy might prove more damaging to Mitsotakis’ government than the wiretapping scandal which nearly sank it.
Demonstrators are calling for the government to urgently address railroad safety, which they claim had been ignored for years.
Many organisations in the UK no longer function, or no longer function in the way originally intended, because they are stuck in a ‘woke’ iron grip.
At the end of the day’s strike, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced that she had heard the “questions” and “doubts” raised by the reform but wanted to continue the debate in the national assembly.
Labor Minister Olivier acknowledged “a significant mobilisation” in reaction to the reform, but President Emmanuel Macron, on a trip to Spain, sent a clear signal of his determination to see the reform through to the end.
The prime minister is currently reluctant to agree to a pay rise—especially a double-digit one as demanded by the strikers—because he believes it would only reinforce the inflationary spiral.
After Belgium, France, and Greece, England could be the next country hit by strikes.
Strikers are blocking fuel depots, and service stations are emptying one after the other. The situation is becoming critical as the lack of fuel is paralysing the whole economy.
Workers in Pisa allege a flight meant to contain humanitarian aid was stocking military equipment.