Thibault deMontbrial believes that the president has effectively resigned, if not legally. He judged that his eight-minute address was empty in the face of the chaos of the end of his reign and asserted that confidence, authority, and the state were in tatters. He called for the reconstruction of France. #France #Politique #Démission (translated)
On Sunday morning, the ecologist mayor Grégory Doucet deemed the "chaos that reigned in the city for several hours" to be "abominable." #Lyon #Solidarité #Émeutes (translated)
The author described Jean-Luc Mélenchon's "new France" as marked, according to him, by individuals who blocked fire trucks, threw cobblestones at them, caused fires, and looted. He attributed this chaos to the extreme left and to La France insoumise, and claimed that the Republic was in danger. https://t.co/T616XuT6em #France #Politique #LFI #FR (translated)
Vincent Lapierre wrote that the left portrayed France as a police state close to Vichy, while he believed that the country was going through a serious crisis of authority and that the state was too weak to maintain order. He denounced what he called the left's inversion and bad faith, which he deemed absurd. https://t.co/EfgGROHTNi #politique #crise #autorité (translated)
Alexis Poulin described the events of October 17 as a "Republican burial." He characterized the operations as state violence rather than law enforcement and claimed that Emmanuel Macron had gotten what he wanted, the conditions being met to invoke Article 16. He argued that French police could never face an entire population pushed to the brink. Finally, he accused the president, whose reign he condemned from 2018 to 2026, of having destroyed a country with many assets to merge it into an apocalyptic European technocracy. #ViolenceDÉtat #République #France (translated)
Alex indicated that he participated in the demonstration between République and almost Nation. He described the participants as determined but calm, and noted the presence of many young people as well as older individuals. He hoped that the peaceful atmosphere and the demands of the movement would be addressed. #Manif #République #Solidarité (translated)
Rasmus Munch Søndergaard wrote that Danish police, in his opinion, did not enforce the law uniformly. He claimed that political violence committed by the left was not being solved, and referred to masked demonstrators as dangerous left-wing extremists. He pointed to Section 134 b, subsection 1 of the Penal Code, which he stated prohibits face coverings at public meetings and gatherings when they can prevent identification. Søndergaard wrote that he had attempted to find the responsible incident commander to ask them to enforce the law, but that the officers would not or could not identify the leader. He criticized that, in his opinion, one could not rely on equal enforcement of the law in Denmark. #Danmark #PolitiskVold #Loven (translated)
The author described the end of Emmanuel Macron's reign as chaotic and stated that the president must "take responsibility and leave." He presented the return to the polls as the only democratic solution to the stalemate and added that universal suffrage should allow for a... His publication stopped at this point. #Macron #France #Démocratie #FR (translated)
Marcel wrote that there were many people in Paris and that the police repression was intense. He added that this "end of reign" seemed endless to him and shared a video credited to CLPRESSFR. https://t.co/DqpS4CZwia #Paris #Répression #Manifestation (translated)
The war in Ukraine shows that our security also depends on space. The EU is already doing quite a lot in this regard. We are ready to support Ukraine wherever we can. European Commission spokesman Thomas Regnier stated that talks are currently underway with Ukraine to fully integrate it into the EU Govsatcom program. #Ukraina #Starlink #Bezpieczeństwo (translated)
The Royal Air Force is issuing a warning about mysterious drones flying over the United Kingdom, following two near-collision incidents between jets and drones that occurred at altitudes above the legal limit, raising concerns about possible threats from foreign actors and organized crime. #droni #RoyalAirForce #sicurezza (translated)
"A cold front crossed the northwest on the night to Saturday and is moving further south. Behind it, significantly colder air from the north is pushing in. In the south, however, the front is making little progress and is stalling there. At the same time, a cut-off low pressure system is forming over France, which will send more rain clouds from the southwest to Germany starting Sunday. Along this air mass boundary, it will rain for many hours." #Kaltfront #Dauerregen #Herbstwetter (translated)
On October 16, 2026, Alexandra Henrion-Caude thanked her supporters and expressed her gratitude. She wrote that the spirit of the Mont-Valérien demonstration remained alive and that the human chains had created a "large family." According to her, this solidarity was a foundation against the ongoing lies and the chaos that some would like to see prevail. She added that France deserved better than to respond to people she described as agitated and heartless. #Solidarité #France #Engagement (translated)
Jon De Lorraine described the situation as humiliating for the government and spoke of an endless reign. He stated that a large part of the audience had left the Regional Assemblies of France at the beginning of Minister Françoise Gatel's speech. https://t.co/2apEs6WD0q #Politique #France #Gouvernement (translated)
The Musonge questioned the transition of a former president, who had previously led the army and embodied the state, to armed struggle against the institutions. He asked whether this decision stemmed from violated convictions, an injustice, or a difficulty in accepting that power was held by others. The author also questioned the responsibility of this former leader in the system he had helped to construct, as well as the consequences of violence for civilians. He asked whether an injustice could justify a war and invited his readers to debate what should underlie their judgment: convictions or a refusal to lose power. #RDC #LeMusonge #PolitiqueCongolaise #PaixEnRDC #ProtectionDesCivils #ResponsabilitéPolitique #UDPS #PPRD #UNC #MLC #EnsemblePourLaRépublique #ECiDé #LGD #Leadership #Justice #DébatCitoyen #RDC #PolitiqueCongolaise #PaixEnRDC (translated)
In this article, political scientist Jérôme Fourquet analyzes the deep malaise in France and the twilight reign of Emmanuel Macron, as the student movement could join other protests against the high cost of living. #ColèreFrançaise #Mobilisation #EmmanuelMacron (translated)
Starting November 6, the United Kingdom will introduce a ban on the distribution and possession of three types of extreme pornography, carrying penalties of up to five years in prison for publication and three years for possession. #pornografia #RegnoUnito #legge (translated)
Russian raids have hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure, causing blackouts in Kyiv, while Ukraine has run out of Patriot interceptor missiles and the United Kingdom is sending new Storm Shadow missiles in response to the difficulties faced by the capital. #Ucraina #Russia #Zelensky (translated)
Sally Rooney will no longer be able to sell her books in the United Kingdom due to her affiliation with the pro-Palestinian organization Palestine Action, which has been declared illegal in the country, leading her publisher to stop distributing her works. #SallyRooney #Palestina #RegnoUnito (translated)
