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Frenchie estimated that the 21st century could go down in history as one of great French humiliation, attributing part of this situation to the country's political choices. He contrasted the industrial ambition of fifty years ago, when, according to him, nuclear projects were being launched and scientists, engineers, and workers were building for future generations, with current proposals. He specifically mentioned the legacy of Pasteur, the Curies, and the Lumière brothers. He criticized the adoption in the Assembly the day before of an amendment aimed at taxing data circulating on the Internet, claiming that eleven votes were enough to pass it. According to him, such a measure risked hindering the opportunities that the Internet offers to young people, researchers, and those without fortune or networks. He also contested the idea that the tax would be borne solely by content providers, estimating that the cost could be passed on to their services. Addressing the deputies who voted for the amendment, Frenchie reproached them for seeking new tax revenues rather than questioning public spending that he deemed misused. He believed they were betraying their responsibility to past and future generations and warned against the risk of one generation squandering what ten others had built. He concluded that he did not want children to leave France to build their future and then return as tourists. #France #Souveraineté #Innovation (translated)

The ₿unker 🪖 published a satirical portrait of Hugo, a 34-year-old man born in Clermont-Ferrand and living in Paris, whom they described as torn between his social ambitions, consumption habits, and political convictions. The author presented him as a buyer of biodynamic wine and a voter for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, while criticizing his use of cocaine and his desire to work for LVMH thanks to a family connection. In the story, Hugo had bought a 38 m² apartment on credit from Crédit Agricole over 25 years in 2021, at a price of 10,000 euros per square meter on Avenue Parmentier. On October 17 at 11:40 PM, riots were taking place in his street: the Monoprix was looted and his car was damaged, according to the author. He added that the property management had subsequently demanded 4,800 euros for repairs and that a real estate agent estimated that a quick sale would require a price of 8,200 euros per square meter. The text also asserted that the local property tax rate had increased by 52% under Anne Hidalgo in 2023. The story concluded with Hugo losing his job after a Hermes agent completed in twelve minutes a task he had planned for the end of the quarter. The ₿unker 🪖 contrasted his fate with that of his cousin Théo, who moved to Mexico, and then urged its readers to "vote with their feet." #Paris #Société #Immobilier (translated)

Baloo defended the necessity of better understanding France's colonial and migratory history and called for the fight against racism. He reminded that Italians also suffered racism in France, citing the massacre of Italians in Aigues-Mortes in 1893, and that people of Asian descent were also victims of discrimination. He mentioned the experiences of several colonized peoples or recruited workers. According to him, Algeria had been colonized for 132 years and integrated into France as departments, despite unequal rights. He also stated that Algerians had been recruited to work in factories and on construction sites, sometimes in slums, and that the French army had tortured, raped, and killed civilians during the Algerian war. He wrote that Senegalese and Malians had been enlisted in the French armies, sometimes by force, before being employed in sectors such as mining and construction. He added that agreements had been signed as early as 1963 to bring in Moroccan and Tunisian workers. Baloo also mentioned colonial slavery in the Antilles and Réunion, abolished in 1848, and then the creation of BUMIDOM in 1963 to organize the departure of people to the mainland. He emphasized that these people were already French. Regarding Congo, he attributed forced labor and atrocities that would have caused millions of victims to the reign of Leopold II, King of the Belgians. He estimated that the effects of domination and exploitation persist, particularly in the inequalities in overseas territories and the debates about monetary sovereignty around the CFA franc. However, he clarified that he did not hold today's French responsible for the actions of their ancestors but deemed it necessary to understand this history. Reflecting on his childhood in Montfermeil and the documentary he had made about the town, Baloo stated that in the 1980s, the mayor refused enrollment in school for children from immigrant families. He also described neighborhoods marked, in his opinion, by degraded housing, insufficient infrastructure, and limited prospects. He believed that misery and exclusion could foster certain deviations, without excusing delinquency, and reminded that these neighborhoods also saw the emergence of professionals and artists. Finally, he denounced what he saw as a contradictory treatment of French people of immigrant descent: celebrated as French during World Cup victories but sent back to their origins when they claimed rights or denounced racism. He concluded that no one should have to justify their place in the country where they were born. #Histoire #Éducation #Racisme (translated)

The author wrote that the City of Paris had not planned to remove the trash bins and construction equipment from the route of the demonstration on Saturday, and that it had denounced the lack of foresight from the state services as well as the insufficient police presence. He then mentioned the beginning of the violence, but his message was interrupted before specifying what had been ordered. #Paris #Manifestation #Politique #FR (translated)

Press reports indicated, citing Le Monde, that protesters were in the early evening 200 meters from the Élysée. The account later reported that they were 400 meters away, on rue Cambacérès, where stones were littering the ground and a car had been overturned. According to Le Parisien, a construction hut had been pushed toward the CRS, who charged with a dispersal grenade. #17octobre #Manifestation #Paris #Événements (translated)

AlertesInfos reported, citing Le Parisien and Le Monde, that protesters had approached 200 meters from the Élysée Palace in Paris, before finding themselves on Cambacérès Street, 400 meters away. The account stated that a car had been overturned, that a construction hut had been pushed towards the riot police, and that stones littered the ground, while the police charged with a crowd dispersal grenade. #Manifestation #Paris #Élysée (translated)

The author described the situation as "cataclysmic" and stated that the European Commission firmly opposed the six new French EPR2 nuclear power plants, blocking the project for a year with no progress. He also accused Germany of exerting behind-the-scenes pressure to undermine the project and weaken it. https://t.co/C0gzBNc4sO #nucléaire #EPR2 #CommissionEuropéenne #FR #DE (translated)

CLPRESS / The news agency indicated that barriers, pallets, and construction materials had been used to erect makeshift barricades along the route of the processions heading to the mobilization of October 17 in Paris. #17octobre https://t.co/YNDbSquNA3 #Paris #mobilisation #protestation (translated)

The author stated that with him, France would launch the largest regulatory simplification initiative ever undertaken under the Fifth Republic. He announced a 10-year moratorium on any new standards applied to the automotive industry and the removal of constraints that he deemed absurd. https://t.co/qD6Bq8kDh7 #Simplification #IndustrieAutomobile #Normes #FR (translated)

The Louvre Museum launched an ambitious restoration project for the Sphinx Courtyard in October 2026, requiring 800,000 euros in donations, to address issues of humidity and excessive heat caused by outdated facilities, while also allowing the public to choose a new name for this historic space. #Louvre #Restauration #Sphinx (translated)

20.40 euros is obviously not bearable for people. Even the defenders of the highway, already criticized for its environmental impact and whose construction has been suspended several times due to numerous appeals, are choking: "20.40 euros is obviously not bearable for people," denounced Carole Delga, the PS president of the Occitanie region, in the columns of La Dépêche. #A69 #Péages #Transports (translated)

Fastned accelerates the construction of charging stations for electric cars with 65 new stations under construction and a 39% increase in charging sessions, despite a decline of more than 8% in its stock on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. #MobilitéÉlectrique #RechargeRapide #Fastned (translated)