Anonymous ID: 9aa613 Dec. 7, 2018, 5:44 p.m. No.4206105   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6461 >>6558

AP: As protests rages in France, Macron remains invisible

 

Just a week ago, he was basking in the international limelight at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina, challenging U.S. President Donald Trump on climate change and protectionist trade measures.

As he met with other world leaders last weekend, images of burning barricades in Paris and the Arc de Triomphe monument in a cloud of tear gas were all over the television screens.

Just back from Argentina, Macron went directly to the Arc de Triomphe to see the damages to the monument but the media was not allowed to ask him questions or come close. On Monday he had a discreet lunch with anti-riot police officers in eastern Paris, again without press.

The next day, he paid a two-hour unannounced visit to Puy-en-Velay, in central France, where protesters earlier had set the provincial government’s headquarters on fire. A few local reporters and other journalists who were there by chance reported that Macron was booed and insulted by a small crowd.

 

On Friday evening, Macron paid a quick visit to anti-riot security forces that were to be deployed Saturday in the French capital. No media was there. His office said he met with about 60 police officers at a fort east of Paris and thanked them for their service.

Instead, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has been sent to the front lines to face opposition lawmakers at parliament and explain the government’s security measures on television.

In France, the president traditionally makes the key policy choices, especially in the fields of defense and foreign policy, while the prime minister is in charge of day-to-day decisions, especially those related to domestic issues.

Macron doesn’t face re-election until 2022 and his party has a strong majority in parliament —yet his ability to pass sweeping reforms may be weakened by the yellow vests movement.

Observers have suggested that Philippe’s resignation might ultimately be considered as a way to protect Macron —especially if the mood in France doesn’t calm down. But Philippe on Thursday rejected suggestions that he should quit.

 

https://apnews.com/3b7d4a322df34823b448dabd46e2e03a

Anonymous ID: 9aa613 Dec. 7, 2018, 5:51 p.m. No.4206229   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Could Elon Musk save the jobs of GM workers? Tesla founder 'would be interested' in taking over General Motors' idled factories

 

The billionaire tech mogul said it's 'possible that [Tesla] would be open' to taking over automakers' old plants, such as the five factories closed by GM last month.

The comments came during Musk's wide-ranging interview with CBS' '60 Minutes.'

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6473277/Elon-Musk-says-Tesla-interested-taking-General-Motors-idled-factories.html

Anonymous ID: 9aa613 Dec. 7, 2018, 5:53 p.m. No.4206277   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Kid Rock to participate in different parade after being removed as grand marshal in Nashville Christmas parade

 

The Tennessean reported Friday that Rock will be a special guest at the Leiper's Fork Christmas Parade later this month after reaching out to the parade's organizers to participate.

"He has some friends out here, and we're wild and wacky, eclectic and fun," Leiper’s Fork parade director Laura Musgrave told the paper. "This parade has never been about politics — it's a Christmas parade."

Rock will not be the grand marshal of the Lepier’s Fork parade in Williamson County, Tennessee. “Dukes of Hazard” star John Schneider will lead the parade, which is scheduled for Dec. 15.

 

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/420366-kid-rock-to-participate-in-different-christmas-parade-after