On January 20, after 46 days of continuous strikes, French transport workers went back to their jobs. Their strikes were the longest in recent French history, and the unions were divided on whether or not to continue them. Further strikes and [...]
Front National's nationalist deviation of the popular rejection of the EU, NATO and free trade; its xenophobic, Islamophobic and racist rhetoric, as well as social demagogy, constitute a dangerous poisonous mix.
June was a hotter month than expected for the French ruling class, as workers and supporters took to the streets to protest the Socialist government's new labour law.