Tag: Emmanuel Macron
Fascist Italy is a much more appropriate metric by which to gauge today’s creaking NATO empire than were either Germany or Japan.
This week, press reports revealed that President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to form a right-wing government, trampling on the results of the July 7 election. Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s New Popular Front (NFP) won the election amid a surge of opposition to Macron’s policies and to the far-right National Rally. However, Macron is still considering naming right-wing politician Xavier Bertrand as prime minister.
Yesterday’s opening ceremony launched the 2024 Paris Olympics, in which 11,310 athletes from 206 countries will compete in 48 different sports. After these games end on August 11, 4,400 athletes will compete in the August 28-September 8 Paralympic Games. Three billion people internationally will watch the Games and the feats athletes from around the world will accomplish there.
Tuesday evening, on the eve of the Paris Olympics, President Emmanuel Macron went on national television to announce that the government of his Ensemble party would remain in office despite losing the July 7 election. Declaring the ministers he appointed would remain in power until the games end in mid-August, he provocatively invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despised worldwide for Israeli genocide in Gaza, to attend the Olympics.
