You see, political alignments are best analysed using a circular model. Therefore, as Macron is far right & yet Le Pen is further right, Le Pen is actually a leftist.
If Macron is far-right what does that make Le Pen?
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She was getting hit with the chopper so bad that she deactivated her twitter
wait is she saying that it was le pen being a woman, not a fear mongering racist, that lost her the election?
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French public sector workers protest against Macron budget cuts
Demonstrators take to the streets as unions call industrial action to oppose president’s plans to overhaul state sector
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
Tuesday 10 October 2017 10.20 EDTLast modified on Tuesday 10 October 2017 11.21 EDT
Thousands of French public sector workers have gone on strike and staged street demonstrations across France to protest against Emmanuel Macron’s budget cuts and pro-business agenda.
All nine unions representing public sector workers from hospital staff and teachers to air traffic controllers called joint industrial action for the first time in a decade.
Union leaders said they wanted to show a “profound disagreement” with the president’s plans to overhaul the state sector, accusing him of “stigmatising” state workers and favouring private business.
France’s vast public sector employs about 5.4 million staff and accounts for one in five jobs in the country. Macron, like previous presidents, has sought to make cuts in the large state sector budget with a plan to reduce the number of state workers by 120,000 over the next five years. A consultation on the future of the public sector is to begin soon.
Demonstrators from nurses to school canteen staff protested against issues including job cuts, low pay, tax increases and the tightening of rules that mean the first day of sick leave goes unpaid.
A woman holds placards reading ‘Macron/Monarc leave’ in Paris. Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
The education ministry said one in five primary school teachers and 16% of secondary school teachers had gone on strike, while unions said the figure was higher. Some high schools were blockaded by pupils. For the first time since 2009, hospital unions called on medical staff to walk out. About 30% of flights in and out of Paris and other major cities were cancelled because of action by air traffic controllers.
It was the latest in a series of street demonstrations against Macron’s pro-business agenda – after unions and hauliers demonstrated against changes to loosen labour laws and pensioners protested over taxes. The demonstrations have so far been fragmented, with a lower turnout than other major strikes in recent years.
The prime minister, Edouard Philippe, insisted that bonuses and tax measures would be introduced for public sector workers and that only 1,600 public sector jobs would disappear next year.
At the Paris demonstration, protesters held signs accusing Macron of “stealing from the poor to give to the rich”.
Elisabeth Riou, 59, a nursery school teacher from Seine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris, said Macron’s decision to end a scheme of state-assisted jobs would affect support staff for children, including those with Down’s syndrome whom she had taught.
“Unfortunately, the government cares less about children than it does about spreadsheets and budget cuts,” she said. “We’re always hearing that the French education system is one of the worst performing and yet the children are forgotten in all this. A good state system needs constant investment.”
Sylvie, 55, had worked since she was 18 caring for medical staff’s children in a hospital crèche in Neuilly-sur-Marne, which is soon to close. “There’s a sense that the government sees us public sector workers as lazy,” she said. “I want Macron to listen. He’s young, he should listen, but he seems inflexible.”
Frederic Dabi of the Ifop polling agency told AFP that public sector workers felt they were being made to pay for the government’s policies.
Macron’s approval ratings have recovered slightly after a dramatic slide this summer to about 30% after he was elected in May against the far-right Marine Le Pen. He is determined to style himself as a reformer who won’t bow to street protests.
“What is positive for Emmanuel Macron is that he is seen as facing down the street and implementing his programme,” Dabi said.
French public sector workers protest against Macron budget cuts
Demonstrators take to the streets as unions call industrial action to oppose president’s plans to overhaul state sector
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
Tuesday 10 October 2017 10.20 EDTLast modified on Tuesday 10 October 2017 11.21 EDT
Thousands of French public sector workers have gone on strike and staged street demonstrations across France to protest against Emmanuel Macron’s budget cuts and pro-business agenda.
All nine unions representing public sector workers from hospital staff and teachers to air traffic controllers called joint industrial action for the first time in a decade.
Union leaders said they wanted to show a “profound disagreement” with the president’s plans to overhaul the state sector, accusing him of “stigmatising” state workers and favouring private business.
France’s vast public sector employs about 5.4 million staff and accounts for one in five jobs in the country. Macron, like previous presidents, has sought to make cuts in the large state sector budget with a plan to reduce the number of state workers by 120,000 over the next five years. A consultation on the future of the public sector is to begin soon.
Demonstrators from nurses to school canteen staff protested against issues including job cuts, low pay, tax increases and the tightening of rules that mean the first day of sick leave goes unpaid.
A woman holds placards reading ‘Macron/Monarc leave’ in Paris. Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
The education ministry said one in five primary school teachers and 16% of secondary school teachers had gone on strike, while unions said the figure was higher. Some high schools were blockaded by pupils. For the first time since 2009, hospital unions called on medical staff to walk out. About 30% of flights in and out of Paris and other major cities were cancelled because of action by air traffic controllers.
It was the latest in a series of street demonstrations against Macron’s pro-business agenda – after unions and hauliers demonstrated against changes to loosen labour laws and pensioners protested over taxes. The demonstrations have so far been fragmented, with a lower turnout than other major strikes in recent years.
The prime minister, Edouard Philippe, insisted that bonuses and tax measures would be introduced for public sector workers and that only 1,600 public sector jobs would disappear next year.
At the Paris demonstration, protesters held signs accusing Macron of “stealing from the poor to give to the rich”.
Elisabeth Riou, 59, a nursery school teacher from Seine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris, said Macron’s decision to end a scheme of state-assisted jobs would affect support staff for children, including those with Down’s syndrome whom she had taught.
“Unfortunately, the government cares less about children than it does about spreadsheets and budget cuts,” she said. “We’re always hearing that the French education system is one of the worst performing and yet the children are forgotten in all this. A good state system needs constant investment.”
Sylvie, 55, had worked since she was 18 caring for medical staff’s children in a hospital crèche in Neuilly-sur-Marne, which is soon to close. “There’s a sense that the government sees us public sector workers as lazy,” she said. “I want Macron to listen. He’s young, he should listen, but he seems inflexible.”
Frederic Dabi of the Ifop polling agency told AFP that public sector workers felt they were being made to pay for the government’s policies.
Macron’s approval ratings have recovered slightly after a dramatic slide this summer to about 30% after he was elected in May against the far-right Marine Le Pen. He is determined to style himself as a reformer who won’t bow to street protests.
“What is positive for Emmanuel Macron is that he is seen as facing down the street and implementing his programme,” Dabi said.
French public sector workers protest against Macron budget cuts
‘Ruckus’ remark dents Macron’s bid to win back working class
French president keeps alienating potential supporters.
By NICHOLAS VINOCUR
10/5/17, 6:50 PM CET
Updated 10/13/17, 10:43 AM CET
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron is under fire for making insensitive comments about the poor and jobless — yet again.
The French president faced criticism last month for saying that “slackers” were to blame for blocking his reforms. Now he is at the center of a new controversy after saying people should be out looking for work instead of “causing a ruckus” in the streets — deepening a rift between Macron and working-class voters who see him increasingly as a “president of the rich.”
“Some of these people, instead of causing a ruckus, would do better to see if they can’t go out to find jobs,” Macron said during a visit to Corrèze, in central France.
Macron was referring to a group of workers from the GM & S auto equipment firm who face losing their jobs because of a planned takeover, and who clashed with police on Wednesday.
Macron’s remarks were caught on a live BFMTV mic while the president was speaking to a local official who had complained that he could not find people to work for another employer located 30 kilometers away.
Bruno Roger-Petit, a former op-ed writer who was recently appointed as Macron’s spokesman, said the president’s quote had been “shortened and taken out of context.”
“Emmanuel Macron recalled that the search for solutions in terms of employment depends on the responsibility of all actors,” tweeted Roger-Petit.
On Tuesday, Macron returned to a Whirlpool factory in northern France that had been a flashpoint of the presidential campaign. Five months ago, the then presidential candidate was ambushed by striking workers and hostile activists during a visit to the factory in northern France, which had been slated for closure. Macron faced furious strikers with minimal security, and far-right leader Marine Le Pen “trolled” him by showing up at the site to take selfies with workers in the parking lot.
Tuesday’s return trip was designed as a triumphant visit, as jobs were saved at the factory following pressure on Whirlpool from Macron’s campaign team. The president also inaugurated a new Amazon distribution site nearby.
But Macron’s bid to win back working-class France isn’t working. Recent polls show him gaining points with right-wing voters who applaud the way in which he has pushed through an overhaul of the labor code — but losing support among working-class voters.
The trend suggests that divisions between haves and have-nots in French society — which were on display during the presidential runoff between Macron and Le Pen — have deepened on his watch.
Macron faces municipal and European Parliament elections in 2019. His centrist La République en Marche movement has an absolute majority in the lower house of parliament, but could face major challenges from the far left and far right in the upcoming votes.
‘Ruckus’ remark dents Macron’s bid to win back working class
French president keeps alienating potential supporters.
By NICHOLAS VINOCUR
10/5/17, 6:50 PM CET
Updated 10/13/17, 10:43 AM CET
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron is under fire for making insensitive comments about the poor and jobless — yet again.
The French president faced criticism last month for saying that “slackers” were to blame for blocking his reforms. Now he is at the center of a new controversy after saying people should be out looking for work instead of “causing a ruckus” in the streets — deepening a rift between Macron and working-class voters who see him increasingly as a “president of the rich.”
“Some of these people, instead of causing a ruckus, would do better to see if they can’t go out to find jobs,” Macron said during a visit to Corrèze, in central France.
Macron was referring to a group of workers from the GM & S auto equipment firm who face losing their jobs because of a planned takeover, and who clashed with police on Wednesday.
Macron’s remarks were caught on a live BFMTV mic while the president was speaking to a local official who had complained that he could not find people to work for another employer located 30 kilometers away.
Bruno Roger-Petit, a former op-ed writer who was recently appointed as Macron’s spokesman, said the president’s quote had been “shortened and taken out of context.”
“Emmanuel Macron recalled that the search for solutions in terms of employment depends on the responsibility of all actors,” tweeted Roger-Petit.
On Tuesday, Macron returned to a Whirlpool factory in northern France that had been a flashpoint of the presidential campaign. Five months ago, the then presidential candidate was ambushed by striking workers and hostile activists during a visit to the factory in northern France, which had been slated for closure. Macron faced furious strikers with minimal security, and far-right leader Marine Le Pen “trolled” him by showing up at the site to take selfies with workers in the parking lot.
Tuesday’s return trip was designed as a triumphant visit, as jobs were saved at the factory following pressure on Whirlpool from Macron’s campaign team. The president also inaugurated a new Amazon distribution site nearby.
But Macron’s bid to win back working-class France isn’t working. Recent polls show him gaining points with right-wing voters who applaud the way in which he has pushed through an overhaul of the labor code — but losing support among working-class voters.
The trend suggests that divisions between haves and have-nots in French society — which were on display during the presidential runoff between Macron and Le Pen — have deepened on his watch.
Macron faces municipal and European Parliament elections in 2019. His centrist La République en Marche movement has an absolute majority in the lower house of parliament, but could face major challenges from the far left and far right in the upcoming votes.
‘Ruckus’ remark dents Macron’s bid to win back working class