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Newly elected CGT union secretary general Sophie Binet attends a demonstration on April 13, 2023 in Paris
THE biggest French union federation has called for mass demonstrations and possible strikes to push President Emmanuel Macron into “respecting the results” of Sunday’s legislative elections by allowing the New Popular Front (NPF) to form a government.
Mr Macron has refused to appoint a prime minister from the left-wing coalition and instead infuriated many across the country by calling on the political parties to construct a “republican” majority in the National Assembly.
Although no party won a majority on Sunday, the NPF alliance, which includes Jean-Luc Melenchon’s France Unbowed, the communists, the Socialist Party, the greens and various other groups, came out on top in the election, with 193 of the National Assembly’s 577 seats.
ROGER McKENZIE argues that the BRI represents a choice between treating humans as commodities or as equals — an essential project when, aside from China’s efforts, hundreds of millions worldwide are trapped in poverty
The colonial mindset behind the governance of the UN is the reason for its inertia when it comes to conflict resolution, argues ROGER McKENZIE – but can China’s Global Governance Initiative point in a new direction of global equality?
