Tag: Social issues
Viavoice poll on the EU: “Two thirds of French people want us to stay in the euro zone”
The launch of the European Viavoice barometer for Radio France, France Télévisions and France Médias Monde aims to analyze the relationship of the French to the European Union and what…
demonstrators block roads, in a country simply at the end of the line
Demonstrators blocked roads in Lebanon to protest the unprecedented worsening of living conditions in a country where 80% of the population is in poverty. Many shops and schools closed their…
the Minister of Overseas Territories in the West Indies to try to refocus the debate
The French Minister of Overseas, Sébastien Lecornu, landed this Sunday, November 28, 2021 in Pointe-à-Pitre. He must also go to Martinique, while the context is tense in these two islands.…
in the Netherlands, the return of the curfew in an explosive context
Faced with a sharp increase in reported cases of Covid-19 in the Netherlands, the government has decided to toughen return health measures for several weeks. Since this Sunday evening, November…
demonstrations against expropriation laws linked to mining projects
At the call of several ecological citizen collectives, especially on social networks, thousands of Serbs took to the streets. They reject the new law on expropriations and the new law…
midwives on strike to denounce insufficient salary increases
Midwives are on strike again this weekend. The government announced on November 22 a salary increase of 500 €, but the trade unions did not falter. These 500 € only…
In Martinique, supermarket shelves are starting to empty
While the nights are always peppered with violence in Martinique, and the roadblocks continue the day on the roads, it is also blocking the commercial port through which goods and…
the protest movement and the roadblocks continue
The situation is still tense in the French Antilles. The protest movement against the vaccine obligation continues, sometimes interspersed with violence against the police. In Martinique, road blockades continue. with…
Wirecutter chooses Black Friday to strike
Today is Black Friday, an institution in the United States, and copied around the world, the opportunity for consumers to buy cheaper products a few weeks before the end of…
the prefect of Martinique establishes a curfew “until calm is restored”
The prefect of Martinique, in the French Antilles, decided Thursday, November 25 to establish a curfew in the face of nighttime urban violence in the island, which, like its neighbor…