Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin was booed by some on Wednesday as he briefly attended the rally in a show of support. “This can’t go on any longer. You really need to protect us. It’s getting worse,” one officer told him. The protest, held outside the National Assembly building in Paris, …
Read More »‘Fundamentally UNSAFE for women’: French rugby chiefs slammed as they ALLOW transgender players despite recommendations
French rugby officials announced in a statement that they had voted unanimously in favor of a move to allow transgender players to play alongside and against their cisgender peers after recommendations from the organization’s Anti-Discrimination and Equal Treatment Commission. However, the move to do so is a controversial one. World …
Read More »‘You weaken our institution’: Top French cop hits back at 93 ex-officers who signed letter calling for ‘civil war’ to be avoided
Striking a similar tone to earlier open letters that were signed by retired and active military personnel, a petition signed by 93 former police officers urged President Emmanuel Macron, the government, and lawmakers to “do everything possible to put an end to the extremely serious situation that France is going …
Read More »If medically-assisted procreation is soon a legal reality for all French women, child support from men must be scrapped
It’s about time that men be removed from the equation and reduced to the status of sperm donor, right ladies? “My body, my choice”? Great, then let’s foot the entire bill for our own decisions, like the strong, independent women that we are. This new legislative leap places a glaring …
Read More »‘No immigration for five years’: Ex-EU negotiator Barnier’s bid for French presidency is straight from the Brexit playbook
There is clearly no chance that lofty, self-regarding political careerist Michel Barnier, the former EU chief negotiator on Brexit, will ever understand the sweet, sweet irony of the shameful politicking behind his bid to become president of France. The 70-year-old former minister under Presidents Chirac and Sarkozy, who spent nearly …
Read More »French troops who warned Macron of ‘brewing civil war’ must RESIGN if they put free speech over duty, army chief of staff says
Those among the French soldiers and officers who feel the urge to make public statements about the political situation in the country can find a perfect way to defend their opinions without compromising the neutrality of the army – by resigning, said Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Francois Lecointre. …
Read More »WATCH: Russia intercepts French jets over Black Sea as country detects four foreign military aircraft near border in just one day
The Black Sea is a strategically important body of water, and borders Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Turkey, and Ukraine, as well as Russia. According to Russia’s Ministry of Defence, two Mirage 2000 tactical aircraft and one C-135 aerial refueling tanker were detected flying in neutral airspace in the direction of the …
Read More »As the French military attack Macron with SECOND ‘civil war’ warning, how really likely is an Islamist-fuelled internal conflict?
A president receiving one letter from military men warning of an impending civil war over radical Islam is a rare enough event… so to get two in just over two weeks is some feat. Having brushed aside the first, from 20 retired generals warning of an internal conflict over continuing …
Read More »‘Civil war is brewing in France and you know it’: French military launches another salvo at Macron with new open letter
The letter, published in the conservative Valeurs Actuelles magazine late on Sunday, strikes a similar tone to the message published by the same outlet last month. Unlike the previous one, which was signed by 25 retired generals and active-duty soldiers, the new letter is anonymous and is open for signing …
Read More »French pilot sues after he was shot at on firing range in extreme hazing ritual
The recruit, a man in his 30s, was posted to Solenzara Air Base on the island of Corsica in 2019. Arriving on the island that March, he was given no time to enjoy the balmy Corsican spring. Instead, he claims he was treated with suspicion and hostility by his new …
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