Tag: Social issues
Rurality in France: “There are areas that are in a period of continuous desertification”
The contours of the “France rurality” plan was unveiled by the government to combat the feeling of abandonment among rural inhabitants and the decline in public services which dominates in…
an hour of bullying awareness for all middle school students this week
The Minister of Education, Pap Ndiaye, announced that all middle school students in France will have to follow this week an hour of awareness on “harassment and social networks”. While…
how the pension reform revealed all the political divisions
There will therefore be no vote on Thursday June 8 on the postponement of the legal retirement age in France. The President of the Assembly considers inadmissible the amendments which…
no vote in the National Assembly on the repeal of the law
It was the last and tiny hope of opponents of pension reform in the National Assembly: to have the text repealed thanks to a bill tabled by the independent group…
the government creates France travail in the hope of seeking full employment
The government presents this Wednesday in the Council of Ministers its “full employment” bill, which should give birth to France travail, the successor to Pôle emploi. Better support for job…
the unions hope to mobilize once again against the pension reform
From 400,000 to 600,000 demonstrators are expected throughout France for the 14th day of mobilization against pension reform, Tuesday June 6. The unions, who still want to believe in a…
Danièle Obono (LFI): “We hope that the Assembly will repeal the retirement age at 64”
Danièle Obono, LFI-NUPES MP for Paris, member of the National Assembly’s Law Commission, is this Wednesday, May 31, RFI’s morning guest. French political news, proposed law by the Libertés, Indépendants,…
what future for mobilization and union unity?
Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne receives representatives of employers on Monday 22 May. Meetings which follow a series of meetings with the unions to discuss wages, working conditions or even employee…
Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker is involved in training young people in the northern suburbs of Paris
Oscar for best actor in 2007 for The Last King of Scotland, Forest Whitaker inaugurated on Wednesday in Aubervilliers, in the northern suburbs of Paris, a training center financed by…
curbing inflation and reviving the economy, the government’s difficult challenge
Limiting soaring prices without cooling the Argentine economy is the delicate equation that the government must solve five months before the presidential election. With our correspondent in Buenos Aires, Theo…