THE 1,3 M FRENCH PROTESTERS THINK PENSION REFORM IS UNFAIR & USELESS

PM E.BORNE TRAVELLED TO BRUSSELS

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, Rahma Sophia RACHDI | Paris, Washington DC, 02/16/2023, 23:46 Time

USPA NEWS - Today, Thursday February 16, 2023, is the fourth strike against throughout France, to protest against the pension reform (especially article 7 which provides for the passage of the legal age of roll-up from 62 to 64 years old) and with the deadline for voting in parliament Friday, February 17 at midnight. The main leaders of the Unions, including Laurent Berger (CFDT Union), Philippe Martinez (CGT), JeanLuc Melenchon (Leader of LFI Far Left Party) demonstrated in the town of Albi (near Toulouse) a small town, as a symbol of small territories "forgotten by the openers" according to the demonstrators.
There were 1.3 million (300,000 in Paris) demonstrators at the national level according to the CGT, 440,000 for the Ministry of the Interior, including 37,000 in Paris. The inter-union announces a general strike blocking the whole of France on March 7, 2023, if the government does not withdraw this pension reform. "The mobilizations will be there, on March 7,
"Elisabeth Borne (the PM) is aware that there are people in the streets, and determined, so are we; what can change things is to go a step above on March 7, said Philippe Martinez, the leader of the CGT (largest Union)

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FRENCH MP FRANCOIS RUFIN SPEAKS OUT AT FRENCH ASSEMBLY AGAINST PENSION REFORM

« YOU ARE PITFUL » HE SAID TO GOVERNMENT

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, Rahma Sophia RACHDI | Paris, Washington DC, 02/10/2023, 23:33 Time

USPA NEWS - The MP LFI (NUPES, far left) of the Somme, François Ruffin criticized the text of the executive from the hemicycle of the National Assembly where the debates around the pension reform (which plans to pass the legal age retired from 62 to 64) opened in a stormy atmosphere. He repeated several times, like an anathema, "You are pitiful". The sentence was repeated this Monday evening in the National Assembly by addressing the members of the government, while the debates around the reform of the government's pensions opened. It was for him to denounce the bill, for which three major demonstrations and general strikes have already taken place since January 19 (91.12 million demonstrators throughout France), last, and that 18,000 amendments have been filed by the opposition, already...A new major general demonstration will take place on Saturday February 11 and another day of national strike has already been announced by the intersyndicales for February 16...indicating that in the face of the "no Listening to the government, the strike movement is likely to harden. We publish the full text as it was delivered by Francois Rufin, MP.

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FRENCH MIN. OF EXT TRADE OLIVIER BECHT VISITED STATION TO ENHANCE EXPORT

LARGEST GLOBAL DIGITAL STARTUP CAMPUS

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, Rahma Sophia RACHDI | Paris, Washington DC, 02/10/2023, 23:11 Time

USPA NEWS - This is the first time that the Minister of Foreign Trade, Olivier Becht, has visited STATION F, the largest digital campus in the world, located in Paris 13th. Station F, the largest incubator in the world, was inaugurated on May 11, 2017 (official inauguration 1 month later), by President Hollande and Xavier Niel, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Free who financed this gigantic incubator at €M250 …alongside her owner Xavier Niel. This young French entrepreneur had also founded the school 42 of numerical code, accessible to all, inclusive and free which allows young people of all social origins, to high-level training, "school 42, is a training of excellence in computer science that allows you to flourish. This is why we wanted access to 42 to be as open as possible, removing the barriers that are traditionally associated with large schools. At 42, studies are free, without examination of file, without preparatory course, without diploma required and without upper age limit.

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THE FRENCH REGIONS EXPRESS THEIR SOLIDARITY & PROVIDE THEIR SUPPORT

TO TURKEY & SYRIA OVER THE EARTHQUAKE

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, Rahma Sophia RACHDI | Paris, Washington DC, 02/10/2023, 22:50 Time

USPA NEWS - Following the deadly earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northwestern Syria on February 6, France affirmed its support for the populations affected by this earthquake, which caused the death of more than 22,000 people. . Alongside the State, French communities have since been mobilizing to provide emergency aid to the affected populations and to local territorial communities.

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