Podcasts about French Parliament

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened up 112-points this morning from Friday's close, at 21,773 on turnover of 6.3-billion N-T. The market closed slightly lower Friday - after retreating from earlier gains as investors remained cautious ahead of the release of U-S jobs data. The bellwether electronics sector remained sluggish throughout the session despite some late buying, while select non-tech stocks, particularly in the financial and petrochemical sectors, drew interest and lent support to the broader market. French National Assembly delegation visits Taiwan A delegation of members of the French National Assembly has arrived in Taiwan for a six-day visit. The delegation is being led Marie-Noelle Battistel, the president of the Assembly's Taiwan-France Friendship Group. Battistel is visiting at the invitation of the Lai administration and is being accompanied by four other deputies in the lower house of the French Parliament. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the delegation is slated to hold talks with President Lai Ching-te and other senior government officials in Taipei aimed at enhancing (增強) bilateral relations. They will also meet with Minister without Portfolio Lin Ming-hsin and Economics Minister Kuo Jyh-huei. 'Time 100' recipient gets honorary doctorate from Taitung university Philanthropist Chen Shu-chu has been presented with an honorary doctorate degree by National Taitung University for her humanitarian contributions (貢獻). Chen was a vegetable vendor at Central Market in Taitung City for over half a century before she retired in 2018. She gained fame here in Taiwan when she was named as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2010 for her philanthropy. Chen received her degree with the National Taitung University alumni at a graduation ceremony held at the university's Chihpen Campus for her contributions to society. She was introduced at the event by Taitung County Deputy Magistrate Wang Chih-hui - who cited her as an example of human love transcending (超越) technological advancement. Israel Reports Thunberg Vessel Diverted to Israel Israel's Foreign Ministry says a Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has been diverted (改變方向) to Israel. In a post on X, it said the boat “is safely making its way to the shores of Israel.” The passengers “are expected to return to their home countries,” it added, without providing further details. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which had organized the voyage to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and protest Israel's blockade of the territory, said the activists had been “kidnapped by Israeli forces.” Colombia Presidential Hopeful Shot and Wounded A Colombian senator and would-be presidential candidate is shot and wounded (受傷) at a rally. AP correspondent Julie Walker reports France World Oceans Day Dozens of research and exploration vessels have set sail off the French coastal city of Nice across across the Bay of Angels. The event on Sunday marked World Oceans Day and the opening of the third U.N. Ocean Conference. It aimed to showcase the beauty of the ocean and the growing urgency to protect it. Thousands of delegates, including heads of state, scientists, and environmental advocates, are expected in Nice this week to confront growing threats to the ocean, and the need to transform pledges (承諾) into protection. The conference is expected to bring the High Seas Treaty closer to ratification, allowing countries to establish marine protected areas in international waters, which cover nearly two-thirds of the ocean and remain largely ungoverned. That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____. －－－－以下訊息由 SoundOn 動態廣告贊助商提供－－－－ 打造綠能與AI科技的示範驗證場域，串聯嘉義、南科、高雄及屏東等園區，大南方智慧轉型的關鍵樞紐，歡迎一同探索沙崙智慧綠能科學城，共創智慧未來！ 參訪進駐資訊請至 https://sofm.pse.is/7qmrvq 網站查詢 經濟部能源署/臺南市政府經濟發展局(廣告) -- NISSAN為提升車主夏季駕乘感受，限時推出X-TRAIL、KICKS及SENTRA「涼夏特仕版」限量各200台，雙前座升級通風座椅，提供涼爽舒適的駕駛體驗。 本月入主NISSAN任一車款再贈Dyson時尚吹風機組，及零利率方案，讓消費者輕鬆入主、無壓升級NISSAN車款。 https://sofm.pse.is/7qk7ag -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

French deputies are set to vote Tuesday on a controversial bill regarding end-of-life options before it moves to the Senate. The proposed “right to aid in dying” has divided politicians and healthcare professionals and reignited heated bioethical debates. In this report from France 2, palliative care workers and patients share their views on the matter.

Marine Le Pen is the frontrunner for France's presidential elections – but after a judge sentenced her to a 5-year ban from politics, she may be barred from running at all. If a judge can bar a leading candidate from running, is their country really a democracy? On Monday, a French court sentenced Marine Le Pen to a 5-year political ban, finding her guilty of embezzling EU funds for her National Rally party. The immediate ban, upheld during appeals, will reportedly block her from the 2027 presidential race. Le Pen called the ruling ‘authoritarian' and claimed it violates the rule of law, and has vowed to fight the ruling. According to CNN, “The court's presiding judge, Bénédicte de Perthuis, said Le Pen's actions amounted to a “serious and lasting attack on the rules of democratic life in Europe, but especially in France.”” Jerome Riviere is a French politician, lawyer, and entrepreneur. He served as a Member of the French Parliament for Alpes-Maritimes from 2002 to 2007 and later joined the National Rally, becoming a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. He led the French delegation of the Identity and Democracy group until 2022, when he supported Éric Zemmour's Reconquête party as Vice-President, leaving in 2023. More at https://x.com/jerome_riviere Justin Gardner is the Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Active Skin Repair. With over 20 years in health and wellness, he has introduced over fifty innovative products to medical settings. His focus on Hypochlorous Acid led to Active Skin Repair, offering science-backed skin healing solutions. More at https://drdrew.com/skinrepair 「 SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS 」 Find out more about the brands that make this show possible and get special discounts on Dr. Drew's favorite products at https://drdrew.com/sponsors  • ACTIVE SKIN REPAIR - Repair skin faster with more of the molecule your body creates naturally! Hypochlorous (HOCl) is produced by white blood cells to support healing – and no sting. Get 20% off at https://drdrew.com/skinrepair • FATTY15 – The future of essential fatty acids is here! Strengthen your cells against age-related breakdown with Fatty15. Get 15% off a 90-day Starter Kit Subscription at https://drdrew.com/fatty15 • PALEOVALLEY - "Paleovalley has a wide variety of extraordinary products that are both healthful and delicious,” says Dr. Drew. "I am a huge fan of this brand and know you'll love it too!” Get 15% off your first order at https://drdrew.com/paleovalley • THE WELLNESS COMPANY - Counteract harmful spike proteins with TWC's Signature Series Spike Support Formula containing nattokinase and selenium. Learn more about TWC's supplements at https://twc.health/drew 「 MEDICAL NOTE 」 Portions of this program may examine countervailing views on important medical issues. Always consult your physician before making any decisions about your health. 「 ABOUT THE SHOW 」 Ask Dr. Drew is produced by Kaleb Nation (https://kalebnation.com) and Susan Pinsky (https://twitter.com/firstladyoflove). This show is for entertainment and/or informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Michel Barnier, negotiating with the Tories will have seemed a breeze compared with his short stint as French prime minister. The EU's former Brexit negotiator is on the cusp of watching his minority government fall to the hands of parliament, a first in this country since 1962. It was always going to be an uphill battle to pass a budget while so far outnumbered by an opposition that goes from the far right to the far left. We will ask what the 73-year old conservative could have done differently, and whether it is all down to an unpopular president who hopes his political luck will carry him from Wednesday's conclusion of a state visit to Saudi Arabia to Saturday's reopening of Notre Dame without drawing too much attention during this major institutional crisis.A crisis of Emmanuel Macron's own making, argue critics. After seven years in power, the French president inexplicably called snap elections that instead of giving his center-right bloc a majority brought Marine Le Pen's far right closer than ever to power. He still has got two years in power, so is too soon to ask if this marks the start of Macron's twilight?

PRESS REVIEW: Monday, December 2 – The world's press reacts to rebels' storming of Syria's second largest city of Aleppo. In France, the Barnier government is hanging by a thread as far right leader Marine Le Pen appears to call the shots. In other news, Germany has launched a 100 million euro project to retrieve tonnes of shells and ammunition dumped in the Baltic Sea post WWII. And, finally, AI toys for Christmas: is Toy Story about to come true?

French President Emmanuel Macron took two months to appoint a new prime minister. Did Macron's move indicate a turn towards authoritarianism, or has Macron been moving in that direction for years? Please tell us what you think about our shows. Go to https://www.aljazeera.com/survey to fill out our survey. It only takes a few minutes, and it's anonymous. In this episode: Rokhaya Diallo (@RokhayaDiallo), Writer and Journalist Episode credits: This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolome and Ashish Malhotra, with Shraddha Joshi, Hagir Saleh, Duha Mosaad, and me, Natasha del Toro, in for Malika Bilal. Amy Walters edited this episode. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this episode.  Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Alexandra Locke is the Take's Executive Producer and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Threads and YouTube

One month after the surprise snap elections annoucement made by Emmanuel Macron, French Parliament is now elected, but France still needs to find a Prime Minister, with no group having a majority.Meanwhile, Joe Biden hosted a NATO heads of States meeting, creating concern when he confused Kamala Harris for Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskiy for ... Vladimir Putin.And in Barcelona, angry residents splashed water at tourists and expressed their exasperation over mass tourism in protests.

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France's next prime minister may not come from the left despite the left-wing alliance New Popular Front's (NPF) winning the most seats in the French legislative elections. Despite the NPF's victory, it failed to secure a majority in parliament which the centre and the right could achieve if they banded together. Senior Lecturer in economics at Lancaster University Renaud Foucart joined us in Perspective.

It's Tuesday, July 9th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus.  (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Kevin Swanson Pro-lifer sentenced to 6 months in prison Pro-life activist Cal Zastrow has been sentenced to a 6-month prison sentence followed by three years of supervised release for singing hymns and praying in front of a door leading into the Carafem abortion mill in 2021 in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, just 17 miles east of Nashville, reports The Christian Post. Zastrow told the judge he has tried to live his life “under the Lordship of Jesus Christ” and that “children are a blessing from God.” He closed with Revelation 5:11-14.  U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger pointed to Zastrow's religious fervor as the problem in her sentencing. Zastrow was one of six pro-lifers arrested in March 2021. Five other pro-life activists, who blocked a Washington D.C. abortion mill in 2020 have been convicted and sentenced to 2-5 years in prison.  As Zastrow indicated, Psalm 127:3 and 5 indeed affirms that “Children are a heritage from the Lord. The fruit of the womb is a reward. … Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them.” Russian bombs hit within half mile of The Worldview staff in Ukraine Several Ukrainian cities came under major aerial attack on Monday morning. It was the most extensive Russian bombardment of Kiev in several months. Another attack in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih resulted in at least 11 deaths. Both cities were locations of Christian family conferences held over the last few days, sponsored by the Generations and Worldview ministries. The attack consisted of at least forty missiles, one of which hit Ukraine's largest children's hospital in Kiev, reports CNN. The hospital was just half a mile from where The Worldview staff was staying. A total of 37 people were killed in yesterday's bombings, reports ABC News. French Parliament split three ways Political division is growing in France. The French election has split the parliament in three ways, reports Reuters. The  right now holds 142 seats, the center has 150 seats, and the leftist coalition has 178 seats.  Since the 2022 elections, the left grew by 36% and the right by 50% at the expense of the center. Iran elects moderate president Another surprise election result came down to the east of France. This time in the nation of Iran. The more moderate candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, won the national election by a 16.3 million to 13.5 million vote count. The 69-year-old cardiac surgeon opposes the mandatory hijab or head covering for women, and advocates negotiations with the West on Iran's nuclear program. Real estate values skyrocketing in Europe and U.S. Real estate prices are up in European countries. Since 2010, the largest increases have occurred in Austria, Czech Republic, Portugal, and Germany, reports WolfStreet.com. Amazingly, prices for the average home have at least doubled since 2010. Here in the United States, the average price of a home has increased by 89% since 2010.  Hurricane Beryl slowed to Category 1 Cyclone in Texas Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Monday morning in Texas as a Category 1 cyclone.   Galveston, Houston, and Freeport were hit with 80-90 mph winds and ocean storm surges reached 7 feet at points.  The storm is headed into eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas.   Over a ten-day blitzkreig, the Category 5 hurricane did major damage in Jamaica and parts of Mexico, resulting in ten deaths. Presbyterian Church USA doubles down on perversion Last week, the Presbyterian Church USA doubled down on its affirmation of homosexuality, and its opposition to pastors who take the biblical stance on the subject. The resolution to “guarantee full participation and representation” of homosexuals and individuals attempting to change their gender in its worship and governance passed by a vote of 389 to 24.  John MacArthur: Biden is punishment for abandoning God Pastor John MacArthur told Breitbart News in a recent interview that God has given America up to “sexual immorality, homosexual immorality, and a reprobate mind.”   The pastor said that God has taken His hand of blessing off of this society, and “what you get is Joe Biden.”  MacArthur added, “The train is moving so fast down the direction of having been abandoned by God that unless there's a huge spiritual turnaround, there's no way to stop this.” He urged Christians to uphold righteousness in politics, but “to care a whole lot more about the Gospel.”   Romans 1:28 and 32 declares that “they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness. … who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.” Kansas court struck down ban on second-trimester abortions The State of Kansas is now a go-to state for abortion. Since 2020, the official number of child killings in the state is up 152%. At least 20,000 children lost their lives in Kansas last year by chemical and surgical killings. And, in a 5-1 decision, the Kansas Supreme Court struck down a ban on second-trimester abortions on Friday, reports The Associated Press. The high court argued that the state constitution guarantees total access to abortion. Any legislative restrictions would then be deemed unconstitutional. The only conservative on the court warned that the state is becoming known as “a legal regime of unrestricted access to abortion.” Jewish man shares how he trusted Jesus as Savior As Kevin Swanson travels and speaks abroad, I guest host for him today on Generations Radio. I interview Rich Flashman, a Jewish man who trusted Jesus Christ as Messiah. When he went off to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, an Evangelical Christian knocked on his dorm room door. FLASHMAN: “I got a knock on my door and I opened the door and a young man says,  'Hi, my name is Paul. I could talk to you about establishing a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.” McMANUS: “Woah.” FLASHMAN: “'Well,' I said, ‘I'm sorry, Paul. I'm Jewish.' He goes, ‘That's okay. So was He.'” McMANUS: (laughs) “Did that surprise you?” FLASHMAN: “You know, I knew Jesus was Jewish, you know, but you know, it's just yeah. But I laughed when he said, like you. I invited him in. I invited my Jewish friends from down the hall as well to listen to him. And he shared the gospel sure that Jesus was the Jewish Messiah, He lived a perfect life. He taught on the kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God, that He suffered and died for our sins, and He rose again, and He gives new life to anyone who believes. “So I said, ‘Why do you think that? And he said, ‘It's an historic fact.' And I said, ‘Well, where's your historic data?' He said, ‘The Bible.' I said, ‘Come on, Paul -- oral tradition, human writing, you know, come on.' He goes, ‘No, the Bible is an historical document. Read it.'” Eventually, after reading Isaiah 53, a chapter that most Jews skip over, Flashman became convicted that Jesus was indeed the long-anticipated Messiah. Today, he leads the Manhattan branch of Chosen People Ministries, which has brought the Gospel to Jews for 130 years. Plus, we talked about their June 20th event held in Times Square in the Big Apple about opposing antisemitism, and how Christians can speak up for Israel and our Jewish neighbors. Listen to my 34-minute interview with Rich Flashman, a Jewish believer in Jesus at Generations.org/radio. That's Generations.org/radio. Republicans waters down their platform on abortion & marriage And finally, the Trump campaign has announced the Republican platform national committee has softened language on abortion and homosexual faux marriage, reports The Washington Stand as well as NBC News. The updated platform, entitled “America First: A Return to Common Sense,” will no longer define marriage as between “one man and one woman.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, July 9th, in the year of our Lord 2024. Join me Adam McManus, and my two sons, Honor and Valor, at the Colorado Father-Son retreat Thursday, August 15th through Sunday, August 18th. Go to ColoradoFatherSon.com.   Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ. Print story 100 people shot in Chicago over 4th of July weekend The city of Chicago turned into a war zone of sorts over the Fourth of July weekend.  Tragically, 100 people were shot, resulting in 17 deaths, reports Breitbart. That's up 27% over the previous year.  Chicago, like all of Illinois, has a 72-hour waiting period on gun purchases, a red flag law, an “assault weapons” ban, a “high capacity” magazine ban, and a Firearm Owners Identification card requirement.

Many expected the far right to win France's snap election, but not only did they lose, they came in third. Instead, it was a left-wing coalition that won the most seats in the French Parliament. But, with no party securing an outright majority, the country's political future is still uncertain. Host Caitríona Perry speaks with the BBC's Europe digital editor Paul Kirby and Sophie Pedder Paris Bureau Chief for The Economist about where France goes next.The Global Story brings you trusted insights from BBC journalists worldwide. We want your ideas, stories and experiences to help us understand and tell #TheGlobalStory. Email us at theglobalstory@bbc.com You can also message us or leave a voice note via WhatsApp on +44 330 123 9480. TGS is part of the BBC News Podcasts family. The team that makes The Global Story also makes several other podcasts, such as Americast and Ukrainecast, which cover US news and the war in Ukraine. If you enjoy The Global Story, you may well like some of our other pods, too. To find them, simply search on your favourite podcast app. This episode was made by Alice Aylett Roberts and Tom Kavanagh. The technical producers were Jack Graysmark. The assistant editor is Sergi Forcada Freixas and the senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

Andrew, Ben, and Tom discuss the UK, France, Iran, and US elections. For information on how to join the Zoom calls live each morning at 8:30 EST, visithttps://www.narwhalcapital.com/blog/daily-market-briefingsPlease see disclosures:https://www.narwhalcapital.com/disclosure

The ink on the campaign posters barely had time to dry. Yet, France's frenzied snap legislative election races are nearly over. President Macron hoped to clear the air with his shock dissolution of parliament but after the far-right's unprecedented surge and so many unholy alliances and tactical withdrawals ahead of the runoffs, good luck predicting the makeup of the next National Assembly.  One certainty, Marine Le Pen's National Rally will boast the most seats. But how many? How close or how far from an outright majority? After the highest turnout in decades in the first round, what will voters think of their options come Sunday? And who do they want to govern France?Yes, the ballots will have been counted but the horse-trading will be far from over. Can a nation that historically prefers Bonapartist figureheads to Nordic-style policy compromises try its hand at grand coalitions or technocratic arbiters? Or should we brace ourselves for a whole new level of uncertainty? Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Rebecca Gnignati and Juliette Brown. 

This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240705.mp3 (29:00) From FRANCE- After French voters rejected President Macron's Renaissance party in EU Parliamentary elections he called for snap elections for the French Parliament. Last weekend, the first part of the election, saw a stunning victory for the far-right party, the National Rally led by Marie Le Pen. This coming weekend round two will take place and many believe that the National Rally will control Parliament. To prevent this from happening there were calls for 200 positions to be abandoned so as not to split the liberal vote. Today's French stories are all press reviews in order, from Monday through Thursday. The first 6 are about the French election. Then a press review about the far right youth party in Italy. Finally a press review about the first African born member of the Bundestag, the German national parliament, who is stepping down after serious racist threats to his life. From GERMANY- The Israeli military has given an evacuation order to about a quarter of a million Palestinians who are already displaced in the ruins in Gaza. The Netherlands has spent 7 months trying to put a new coalition government in place. It is strongly right wing, with the goals of limiting immigration and European Union environmental restrictions. An analysis on how this shift will affect life in the Netherlands, and the possible coalitions between the various far right parties within the European Union itself. From CUBA- The Washington Post ran an article claiming that China has set up listening stations in Cuba, as well as a Chinese spy base on the island- Cuba says it is disinformation. The Netherlands has summoned the Israeli ambassador over allegations of spying on members of the International Criminal Court. Israeli forces have killed over 8500 students in Palestine, along with destroying hundreds of educational institutions in Gaza. The EU has condemned an announcement by the Israeli Finance Minister to legalize 5 new outpost settlements in the occupied West Bank. Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml PODCAST!!!- https://feed.podbean.com/outFarpress/feed.xml (160kb Highest Quality) Website Page- < http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml ¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts "In absolute terms, I am the most legally persecuted man of all times, in the whole history of mankind, worldwide." -Silvio Berlusconi Dan Roberts Shortwave Report- www.outfarpress.com YouthSpeaksOut!- www.youthspeaksout.net

To Americans who complain that their election campaigns drag on for far too long, welcome to France where it is indeed a sprint, not a marathon.  Here, politicians have twelve short days to convince in snap legislative elections that could redraw France – and Europe's – political landscape: to think it has only been a week since a far-right surge in European elections sparked Emmanuel Macron's shock decision to dissolve parliament. With the country split in three between a hastily-concluded alliance of the left, the center-right under Macron, and Marine Le Pen's National Rally… we will ask which way the pendulum is about to swing… and whether calls for a Republican front against the far-right still resonate, even when they come from stars of the national football squad.France's president has been roundly criticized for taking too great a leap into the unknown with his “clear the air” strategy of sending citizens back to the polls. The question now is whether voters too are willing to take a gamble and flirt with a rollback of the republic's universal values?   Produced By Alessandro Xenos, Rebecca Gnignati and Juliette Brown. 

Tim, Hannah Claire, Phil, & Serge are joined by Cliff Maloney to discuss French Parliament being dissolved after massive right wing victory in EU elections, German conservatives securing a massive win in elections, Joe Biden's approval rating dropping to record low, and John Fetterman saying his stroke made him ditch progressives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pierre is the CEO of Usual, a stablecoin protocol. He is also a former member of the French Parliament having served in President Macron's administration. Pierre brings a unique perspective as a former regulator and now CEO of a crypto startup.

In an unexpected move, President Emmanual Macron has dissolved French Parliament and called a snap election in the wake of the European election results, where exit polls show Marine Le Pen's National Rally are set to have a historic win. Elaine Cobb is CBS News Correspondent in Paris speaks to Ciara.

In an unexpected move, President Emmanual Macron has dissolved French Parliament and called a snap election in the wake of the European election results, where exit polls show Marine Le Pen's National Rally are set to have a historic win. Elaine Cobb is CBS News Correspondent in Paris speaks to Ciara.

This week's show features stories from UAE, France 24, Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240607.mp3 (29:00) From UAE- Afshin spoke with retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell. They start off talking about the increasing risk of the use of nuclear weapons triggered by the wars in Ukraine and Palestine. They discuss who is complicit in the massive number of deaths in Gaza, US politicians attacking the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice, and who was involved in the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. Wilkerson criticizes the new policy of Ukraine using US weapons for attacks inside Russian borders. From FRANCE- A report on demonstrations against the war in Gaza in the French Parliament and on the streets of many French cities. Israel bombed a school housing displaced Palestinians in central Gaza run by the United Nations. From GERMANY- UN Secretary-General Guterres called for taxes on fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against climate change. Then an interview with a climate scientist from California about the latest World Meteorological Organization report on the 1.5 degree C warming threshold known as the Paris agreement. From CUBA- A UN Climate executive says that the increasing use of renewable energy is making pledges at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change conference made last year possible. In Mexico, the resounding victory of president elect Claudia Sheinbaum was hailed widely. The US Congress voted to sanction the International Criminal Court over the arrest warrant for Netanyahu. Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml PODCAST!!!- https://feed.podbean.com/outFarpress/feed.xml (160kb Highest Quality) Website Page- < http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml ¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts "Let the Palestinians run their affairs: create a situation in which no Israeli soldier will have to maintain public order, whether in Gaza or the West Bank. Let's give it to the Palestinians, as long as there is security for us. No more occupying another people." -Yitzhak Rabin Dan Roberts Shortwave Report- www.outfarpress.com YouthSpeaksOut!- www.youthspeaksout.net

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, May 29: There's been controversy in the French parliament after a lawmaker opened a Palestinian flag during a debate on Palestinian statehood. Also, an investigation suggests Israeli foreign intelligence services have been threatening and intimidating ICC prosecutors since 2015. In other news, an investigation by a consortium of international journalists, Rwanda Classified, exposes a systematic campaign of persecution by the Rwandan government against critics abroad. Finally, rivers are running orange in Alaska due to climate change.

A pioneering bill to curb the rampant pace of fast fashion won unanimous approval in the lower house of the French Parliament, making France one of the first countries worldwide to target the influx of low-cost, mass-produced garments. The fashion industry is among the world's biggest producers of greenhouse gas emissions. France is seeking to reduce the allure of fast fashion items, setting a precedent in the fight against the environmental degradation they cause. Lawmakers on March 14 unanimously approved the bill, greenlighting it for the Senate to consider—either to approve it or to tweak it and send it back to the lower house—before it can become law. Christophe Bechu, the minister for ecological transition, hailed the vote as a historic step toward reining in the “excesses” of fast fashion. The bill will introduce stringent measures, including banning advertising for the most inexpensive textiles and imposing an environmental levy on these low-cost products. The bill specifically targets fast fashion giants, calling for companies to disclose their products' environmental impact. This move seeks to pivot the industry toward more sustainable practices, encouraging transparency and accountability. It's a measure that promotes environmental protection and aims to safeguard France's prized high fashion industry. Renowned for luxury brands such as LVMH's Louis Vuitton and Chanel, France has seen its lower-end market sectors suffer due to stiff competition from fast fashion retailers like Zara, H&M, and the emerging Chinese powerhouses Shein and Temu. By imposing these measures, France aims to level the playing field and promote a more sustainable fashion landscape. However, producers such as Shein have countered the criticism, long arguing that their business model, albeit fast, effectively keeps the proportion of unsold garments very low. This, they claim, contributes to reducing waste—a crucial aspect of sustainability in fashion. Luxury giants such as LVMH and Kering regularly face criticism for the billions of dollars of unsold inventory yearly. French supporters of the bill argue it paves the way for future action, including a proposed EU-wide ban on the export of used clothing to tackle the escalating problem of textile waste. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

The Sudanese state of Al-Jazirah has fallen to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in a matter of days. Some experts are concerned that a destabilizing military force like the RSF might overrun the whole country, with potentially huge effects on regional security. Also, a new documentary highlights the role Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has played from the Oslo Accords all the way up to today's war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. And, after years of debate, the EU has reached an agreement on reforms designed to share the cost of hosting migrants and refugees, and limit the numbers of people coming in to the bloc. Separately, the French Parliament passed a strict immigration reform law. Plus, election candidates in Taiwan are converging on temples to demonstrate their piety to the public.Time is running out to support The World before our fundraising drive ends on Dec. 31. We need your help to make our goal. Donate today to power The World for another year! https://on.prx.org/3S9gY0O

Welcome to today's episode of "AI Lawyer Talking Tech," your daily review of the latest legal technology news. In today's episode, we delve into a range of fascinating topics, including the potential of generative AI for small law firms, the importance of data sovereignty in a global economy, the benefits and challenges of outsourcing legal services, and the ethical implications of using AI in the legal profession. Join us as we explore these cutting-edge developments and their impact on the legal industry. Member of French Parliament lodges first request for annulment of EU-US Data Privacy Framework12 Oct 2023LexisNexis UKGenerative AI and the Small Law Firm: Leveling the Playing Field13 Oct 2023Attorney at WorkData Sovereignty in a Global Economy: Virtual Data Rooms for Data Localization13 Oct 2023Budget Savvy DivaBeyond Law Firms: How Legal Techs Real Frontier Lies With SMBs13 Oct 2023Forbes.comOutsourcing Legal Services With Nathan Sumekh: Everything You Need to Know in 202313 Oct 2023LexBlogProposed advisory opinion on Lawyers' and Law Firms' Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence13 Oct 2023Florida Bar NewsGoogle to protect users in AI copyright accusations13 Oct 2023COINTELEGRAPH.COMAi.Law Introduces Pioneering Litigation Drafting Tool for Attorneys12 Oct 2023Big CountryEnsuring Justice as a ‘Fundamental Right:' Celebrate Pro Bono Week October 22 – 2812 Oct 20232CivilityScaling Businesses from Zero to Multi-Million Dollar Enterprises through Virtual Staff with Nathan Sumekh12 Oct 2023InvestorsObserverJustia Legal Guides: International Law Center13 Oct 2023Legal Marketing & Technology BlogEvisort Creates First LLM for Contracts and Launches New AI Engine13 Oct 2023Legal Tech BlogState Bar Associations Escalate Work on Ethical Issues Raised by Artificial Intelligence12 Oct 2023GenAI-LexologyHow to Build Strong In-House Legal Team12 Oct 2023MatterSuite By CaseFoxChange Management for Corporate Legal Departments13 Oct 2023MatterSuite By CaseFox

Whistleblowing is a relatively new concept, with the term only being popularised in the 1970s. Until recently, protection for whistleblowers remained fragmented, precarious, and unequal across countries and economic sectors. In 2016, the French Parliament first defined a whistleblower in legislation. Later, in 2019, the Whistleblower Protection Directive was passed by the EU Institutions and has been largely hailed as a global standard setter in this field. In her address to the IIEA, Maureen Kearney discusses her experiences as a whistleblower, the current state of whistleblower protection in France and the EU, the role of trade unions in whistleblowing procedures, and areas where whistleblower protection can be improved. About the Speaker: A native of Castlebar, Maureen Kearney moved to Paris in the mid-1980s to work as a teacher in the nuclear industry for a subsidiary of what would later become Areva. She joined the trade union, Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT), in the 1990s after seeing her students threatened with redundancy and progressively became a leading trade union activist within the company. In 2004, she was unanimously elected General Secretary of the Areva European Works Council by trade unionists across 14 countries. In 2012, she gained notoriety for blowing the whistle on Areva's planned technology transfers to China. Her experiences as a whistleblower were subsequently documented in a book and film, both called La Syndicaliste (released in English as The Sitting Duck), released in 2019 and 2023, respectively.

With the rise of social media, many parents are sharing images and videos of their children leading to the phenomenon known as “sharington”. But in the French Parliament, a proposed bill that would make parents responsible for the privacy rights of their children who cannot consent to their images being shared is being debated. The bill also outlines how parents who look to financial benefit from sharington could face prosecution.To dicuss whether parents should face tougher restrictions when posting images of their children online, Andrea was joined by Today FM Presenter Alison Curtis, Author and writer Stefanie Preissner and listeners of the show.

France's rightwing parties are absolutely surging in their first polling since the start of the race riots that have engulfed the nation. The French right is without equal in terms of political domination among French voters. Conversely, the leftwing parties are all suffering a dramatic decline in support.   Highlights:  ●      "As a result of the social resentment that's been fanned by the same cultural Marxist ideologies that plague our nation, those tensions erupted to the tune of over a billion euros in damages, and thousands upon thousands of arrests." ●      “The race riots in France are inadvertently bolstering conservative populist movements all across Europe. Breitbart Europe is reporting on a MEGA movement, Make Europe Great Again, rising up like never before!” ●      “Europe as a whole is indeed turning to the right, to the nationalist, populist, and traditionalist right, and ironically, it's their own George Floyd moment that's guaranteeing that decisive turn!”   Timestamps: [01:55] Macron's party lost their majority in the French Parliament [05:55] Race riots in France: bolstering conservative populist movements all across Europe [06:22] Right-wing administrations justifies the riots Resources:  ●      Abandon your woke provider TODAY and join Patriot Mobile! Get FREE ACTIVATION with Code: TurleyTalks HERE: https://www.patriotmobile.com/turleytalks ●      The Courageous Patriot Community is inviting YOU! Join the movement now and build the parallel economy at https://join.turleytalks.com/insiders-club-evergreen/?utm_medium=podcast ●      Reclaim control over your health TODAY with PHD Weight Loss! Call the team who helped Dr. Steve right now at 864 644 1900 ●      HE'LL BE BACK! Get your limited edition TRUMPINATOR 2024 Bobblehead HERE: https://offers.proudpatriots.com/ ●      Try Liver Health Formula by going to GetLiverHelp.com/Turley and claim your 5 FREE bonus gifts. That's https://GetLiverHelp.com/Turley ●      Want free inside stock tips straight from the SEC? Click here to get started now: https://event.webinarjam.com/register   Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode.  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review. Sick and tired of Big Tech, censorship, and endless propaganda? Join my Insiders Club with a FREE TRIAL today at: https://insidersclub.turleytalks.com Make sure to FOLLOW me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrTurleyTalks BOLDLY stand up for TRUTH in Turley Merch! Browse our new designs right now at: https://store.turleytalks.com/ Do you want to be a part of the podcast and be our sponsor? Click here to partner with us and defy liberal culture! If you would like to get lots of articles on conservative trends make sure to sign-up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts.

France is on fire! Cities were engulfed in a sixth straight night of riots scorching across the nation. The riots erupted in response to the shooting death of a 17-year-old Muslim identified as Nahel, who was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.    Highlights:  ●      “Over the last few months, Macron has politically imploded since by-passing the French Parliament and raising the retirement age by dictate, by presidential fiat, and that brazenness opened up a political opportunity for France's nationalist-populist right like we've never seen before!" ●      "Macron's government is basically in tatters at this point; his approval rating has cratered to barely 23 percent! 8 in 10 French want this guy gone!" ●      “It's no wonder that the leftwing activists disguised as journalists over at the Washington Post are admitting that nationalist populist movements are indeed surging throughout the continent of Europe.”   Timestamps:  [02:06] President Macron blaming social media and video games for the riot [04:08] Le Pen leading the polls [05:42] The Nationalist right taking over France Resources:  ●      Nature's Morphine? Dr. Turley and scientist Clint Winters discuss the incredible pain relief effects of 100% Drug-Free Conolidine. This changes pain relief…  https://www.bh3ktrk.com/2DDD1J/2CTPL/ ●      HE'LL BE BACK! Get your limited edition TRUMPINATOR 2024 Bobblehead HERE: https://offers.proudpatriots.com/ ●      The Courageous Patriot Community is inviting YOU! Join the movement now and build the parallel economy at https://join.turleytalks.com/insiders-club-evergreen/?utm_medium=podcast ●      Start the 24/7 Protection of Your Home and Equity Today! Go to https://www.hometitlelock.com/turleytalks  ●      RedBalloon.work is America's #1 non-woke job board, and we connect hard-working, reliable job seekers with freedom-loving companies, without all the woke nonsense. Sign up today redballoon.work/turley ●      Support Greater Idaho HERE: https://www.greateridaho.org ●      Learn how to protect your life savings from inflation and an irresponsible government, with Gold and Silver. Go to http://www.turleytalkslikesgold.com/   Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode.  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review. Sick and tired of Big Tech, censorship, and endless propaganda? Join my Insiders Club with a FREE TRIAL today at: https://insidersclub.turleytalks.com Make sure to FOLLOW me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrTurleyTalks BOLDLY stand up for TRUTH in Turley Merch! Browse our new designs right now at: https://store.turleytalks.com/ Do you want to be a part of the podcast and be our sponsor? Click here to partner with us and defy liberal culture! If you would like to get lots of articles on conservative trends make sure to sign-up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts.

The French Parliament has taken up a measure that would give courts the power to ban parents from posting photos of their kids online. This comes as a poll just published in France shows that for thousands of parents, sharing their lives with their children on social media has become a serious, sometimes even large, source of income. In Paris, John Laurenson reports on the rise of the parent influencers.

The French Parliament has taken up a measure that would give courts the power to ban parents from posting photos of their kids online. This comes as a poll just published in France shows that for thousands of parents, sharing their lives with their children on social media has become a serious, sometimes even large, source of income. In Paris, John Laurenson reports on the rise of the parent influencers.

Highlights:  ●      “Furious riots are sweeping the nation of France after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that he was going to bypass parliament and impose by fiat his own pension reforms on the French people.” ●      Macron's proposal is very unpopular and was doomed to defeat by the French Parliament, and that's when he in effect turned the proposal into a dictate. He invoked what's called Article 49 of the French Constitution, which allows the president to unilaterally pass any law without a vote.” ●      “The great self-proclaimed defenders of Democracy, the Bullies in Brussels, are absolutely silent over this. And of course, they are because we all know nothing that the collective western powers, nothing that the dolts in DC or the Bullies in Brussels or the Demons in Davos, NOTHING that they do has anything to do with democracy.” ●      “There's already a no-confidence vote scheduled for later today in the National Assembly; it's more a symbolic vote, Macron will probably weather that vote, barely, but even if he didn't it, it doesn't have a direct effect on him. What this does do is it politically paralyzes Macron, even worse than he already is.”   Timestamps:  [01:09] Why riots are sweeping the nation of France [03:29] How no one at the EU is calling out Macron for his blatantly authoritarian, anti-democratic tactics [06:34] Why the Macron government is on the verge of collapse Resources:  ●      Learn how to protect your life savings from inflation and an irresponsible government, with Gold and Silver. Go to http://www.turleytalkslikesgold.com/ ●      Be sure to use my promo code TURLEYTALKS for your FREE TITLE scan at HomeTitleLock.com/TURLEYTALKS promo code TURLEYTALKS ●      Ep. 1486 Political EARTHQUAKE as Dutch Farmers Score MASSIVE VICTORY!!! ●      Join Dr. Steve and Troy Noonan for a Deep Dive Workshop on becoming Financially Free in the midst of economic uncertainty on March 23rd, 2023 at https://www.backpacktrader.net/Event ●      Get Over 66% OFF All of Mike Lindell's Products using code TURLEY: https://www.mypillow.com/turley ●      See how much your small business can get back from Big Gov (up to $26k per employee!) at https://ercspecialists.com/initial-survey?fpr=turley ●      Join Dr. Steve for an unedited, uncensored extended analysis of current events in his Insiders Club at https://insidersclub.turleytalks.com/ ●      Watch how Michael Lush is helping you Replace Your Mortgage at https://replaceyouruniversity.com/what-we-do/pay-off-your-home  ●      BOLDLY stand up for TRUTH in Turley Merch! Browse our new designs right now at: https://store.turleytalks.com/ ●      Make sure to FOLLOW me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrTurleyTalks ●      Get 25% off Patriotic Coffee and ALL ITEMS with Code TURLEY at https://mystore.com/turley   Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode.  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review. Sick and tired of Big Tech, censorship, and endless propaganda? Join my Insiders Club with a FREE TRIAL today at: https://insidersclub.turleytalks.com  Do you want to be a part of the podcast and be our sponsor? Click here to partner with us and defy liberal culture! If you would like to get lots of articles on conservative trends make sure to sign-up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts.

This episode contains strong languageMillions of people have taken to the streets in France to protest a government effort to raise the retirement age to 64, from 62, bringing the country more in line with its European neighbors.Today, as Parliament holds a key vote on the proposal, we look into why the issue has hit such a nerve in French society.Guest: Roger Cohen, the Paris bureau chief for The New York Times.Background reading: After large protests, all eyes were on the French Parliament on Thursday as it prepared to vote on the measure to increase the retirement age by two years.Here are some of the reasons so many people in France are protesting the proposals.For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports on France Pension Tensions.

Breaking bread is symbolism for coming together, putting aside differences and learning to appreciate those with whom we differ. Breaking bread, in this regard, is adopted by individuals, families, organizations, as well as countries intent on finding diplomatic solutions to the challenges we face. Join CAFÉ Talks podcast as Christopher Weissberg, a member of French Parliament, as we chat about diplomacy and the role that food plays in breaking down barriers.

Interview (in Armenian) with the editor of the California Courier Harut Sassounian. Topics include the skulls of five Armenian women victims of the Armenian Genocide and kept in Paris in a museum, the Global Armenian Summit held in Yerevan, the neglected grave of Vahakn Dadrian and the French Parliament's resolution condemning Azerbaijan and urging the government to recognize Artsakh as an independent republic. - Հարցազրոյց California Courier թերթի խմբագիր Պարոն Յարութ Սասունեանի հետ: Հարցազրոյցի գլխաւոր նիւթերն են՝ Ֆրանսայի Մարդու Թանգարանին մէջ 5 գանկերու գոյութիւնը, որոնք կը պատկանին Հայոց Ցեղասպանութեան կին զոհերու, Վահագն Տատրեանի շիրիմի լքուած ու խեղճ վիճակը, «Համահայկական գագաթաժողով» և Ֆրանսայի Խորհրդարանի որոշումը ի նպաստ Արցախի:

In this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki (turning 40 and this is our 40th episode this season) and Dr. K Royal of Outschool discuss recent events in privacy. Join them as they touch on a recent data breach by Transunion in the US and mass public notice, passkeys vs. passwords (resource; FIDO open authentication standards), the first female president of Slovenia, Natasa Pirc Musar who is also a privacy professional (congrats!), PET - privacy enhancing technology -joint UK US competition, data localization, a controversial decision by the French Parliament on banning certain technolgies in schools, and Argentina's data protection bill submitted to parliament (updated link to come).As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @trustArc and email seriousprivacy@trustarc.com. Please do like and write comments on your favorite podcast act so other professionals can find us easier. 

AP Correspondent Jennifer King reports on France New Parliament.

For the first time, all three of French Polynesia's parliamentary seats in France will be going to pro-independence politicians from the Tavini Huiraatira Party.

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In 1386, Marguerite de Carrouges accused Jacques le Gris of having raped her, and though the French Parliament could not come to an agreement as to whether or not le Gris was guilty, we know that he was, because Marguerite's husband Jean killed le Gris in a trial by combat, so that's settled. Although le Gris' descendants would keep trying to convince everybody that actually somebody else raped her.  The evidence for this was either nonexistent or unconvincing. The case is currently known both because of the 2004 book The Last Duel, by Eric Jager, which was then made into a 2021 film, The Last Duel, directed by Ridley Scott. We discuss the historical record of the crime and the trials, and Michelle discusses the film (Spoiler Alerts!), which, as usual, she has a lot of opinions about. Oh, and by the way, it wasn't actually the last French judicial duel. Near the end though, and the title is great!

The French parliament approved the government's latest measures to tackle the COVID-19 virus, including a COVID vaccine pass, offering some respite to President Emmanuel Macron after criticism of Macron's attack on the unvaccinated. The measures will then go up to the Senate, which will examine them before any further approval. Macron said he wanted to piss off unvaccinated people by making their lives so complicated they would end up getting the COVID vaccine. He also called unvaccinated people irresponsible and unworthy of being considered citizens.

The French parliament approved the government's latest measures to tackle the COVID-19 virus, including a COVID vaccine pass, offering some respite to President Emmanuel Macron after criticism of Macron's attack on the unvaccinated. The measures will then go up to the Senate, which will examine them before any further approval. Macron said he wanted to piss off unvaccinated people by making their lives so complicated they would end up getting the COVID vaccine. He also called unvaccinated people irresponsible and unworthy of being considered citizens.

The French parliament approved the government's latest measures to tackle the COVID-19 virus, including a COVID vaccine pass, offering some respite to President Emmanuel Macron after criticism of Macron's attack on the unvaccinated. The measures will then go up to the Senate, which will examine them before any further approval. Macron said he wanted to piss off unvaccinated people by making their lives so complicated they would end up getting the COVID vaccine. He also called unvaccinated people irresponsible and unworthy of being considered citizens.

The French Parliament has passed a bill that will increase the state's power over mosques. President Emmanuel Macron argues the law will bolster the country's secular values, but will it really work? Anirudh Kanisetti and Aditya Ramanathan talk to Professor Olivier Roy of the European University Institute about the law. As one of the world's leading experts on political Islam, Roy explains why he believes most of the conventionally cited reasons for violent extremism are wrong and why France's new law is unlikely to do much good.Further reading:Roy's essay on European jihadistsRoy's book on ISIS, titled - Jihad and death : The Global Appeal of Islamic StateThis episode is part of the Takshashila India-France Dialogue.If these All Things Policy conversations interest you, consider applying for Takshashila's courses. Admissions are now open and the application deadline for our upcoming cohort is 28th August 2021.Find out about our courses over here - https://bit.ly/ATP-GCPPFollow Anirudh Kanisetti on Twitter - https://twitter.com/akanisetti?s=21Follow Aditya Ramanathan on Twitter - https://twitter.com/adityascripts?s=21You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios or any other podcast app.

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: 2 Korean Battery Makers Settle Dispute Freightliner Opens Order Books For eCascadia And eM2 EV Trucks France to offer grants for electric bikes NewMotion's Charging Network Joins Electric Juice Network Panasonic sees bigger cells as key to affordable EVs Top 5 Mercedes EQS Features: Electric Luxury! Rivian Pick Samsung Cells     Show #1050i   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 12th April. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   2 KOREAN BATTERY MAKERS SETTLE DISPUTE "Two South Korean manufacturers of electric vehicle batteries that are building plants in the United States said on Sunday that they had reached a $1.8 billion settlement in a trade secrets dispute that threatened the domestic battery supply and, with it, the Biden administration’s green agenda." reports the NY Times: "The announcement came on the day of a deadline set by the United States’ trade representative to decide whether to veto an International Trade Commission ruling in the intellectual property case between LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation. The commission’s ruling in favor of LG had threatened SK with a ban on supplying batteries in the country and put its facility under construction in Georgia at risk. The plant, which is still under construction, will supply batteries for electric vehicles for Ford and Volkswagen, and with the settlement agreement, SK is now also free to seek business from other companies."   "Their compromise will allow SK to complete the construction of the $2.6 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Georgia, which will supply electric vehicle batteries for Ford and Volkswagen. SK earlier said it could shut down the Georgia plant if the import ban is not overturned, which could hamper the Biden administration’s EV push and pledge for American jobs" reported Korea Bizwire: "LG, which supplies Tesla and a number of automakers, is the world’s No. 2 EV battery supplier with a share of 23.5 percent, and SK Innovation was in sixth place with a 6 percent share in the global EV market last year, according to SNE Research. The Seoul government welcomed their agreement and vowed to expand support to make the nation a battery power house."   https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/business/dealbook/battery-dispute-electric-vehicles.html   http://koreabizwire.com/lg-sk-reach-last-minute-settlement-in-itc-battery-dispute/186988   FREIGHTLINER OPENS ORDER BOOKS FOR ECASCADIA AND EM2 EV TRUCKS "Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has announced that its two very first all-electric trucks - the Freightliner eCascadia and Freightliner eM2 - are now available for order. The decision to start sales comes after a few years since the reveal of the proof of concept in 2018." according to InsideEVs: " During that time, the company has launched and gradually expanded its pilot fleet of 38 electric vehicles that collectively covered nearly 750,000 miles (1.2 million km) in customer hands in North America. The eCascadia and eM2 prototypes were tested in a variety of applications, including drayage, regional and local pickup and delivery, and food and beverage delivery. The Detroit ePowertrain offers three battery options:   210 kWh: charging in 1.5 to 4 hours 315 kWh: charging in 2 to 6 hours 475 kWh: charging in 2 to 6 hours"   https://insideevs.com/news/500134/freightliner-opens-orders-ecascadia-em2/   FRANCE TO OFFER GRANTS FOR ELECTRIC BIKES "France will offer the owners of old internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles a grant of €2,500 ($AU4,000) if they hand over their vehicles for scrap and buy an electric bicycle, according to Reuters. Reporting on Monday, Reuters said that French lawmakers in the National Assembly approved over the weekend an amendment to the country’s ‘Fight against climate change’ bill currently passing through the French Parliament." says thedriven.io: "The bill, which aims to set a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 40% by 2030 based on 1990 levels, will unsurprisingly include a raft of minor legislative goals to reach the country’s ambitious greenhouse reduction target. Included amongst these legislative targets is a plan to offer a €2,500 grant to buy an electric bicycle, in exchange for the scrapping of an old ICE vehicle."   https://thedriven.io/2021/04/12/france-to-offer-grants-for-electric-bikes-in-cash-for-car-clunkers-program/   NEWMOTION'S CHARGING NETWORK JOINS ELECTRIC JUICE NETWORK Octopus Energy and NewMotion, a leading European smart EV charging solutions provider, have agreed that customers of the Electric Juice Network (EJN) can now use the public charge points of NewMotion. NewMotion, a Shell group company, has thousands of charge points in the public charging network in Europe and the UK, including a growing amount of rapid charging at Shell Recharge. Drivers of electric vehicles will now be able to pay with their Octopus Energy account across the participating charging networks, with all costs appearing on a single bill.     PANASONIC SEES BIGGER CELLS AS KEY TO AFFORDABLE EVS "In a rare interview, Panasonic's EV battery boss provided a glimpse of the company's response to the larger battery cells promoted by client Tesla. Speaking to Bloomberg, Yasuaki Takamoto said bigger cells are the key to affordable electric cars, but indicated he's not convinced by Tesla's proposed cell format." says Green Car reports: " Tesla presented its 4680-format cylindrical cell as its future during its Battery Day last year, but it hadn't then produced any significant volume of them. Musk presented it as potentially halving cell cost over time. The bigger cells would also be harder to produce, are prone to overheating, and are more susceptible to particle contamination, Takamoto said. That's a frequent cause of battery fires, which occur when small pieces of metal work their way into a cell and cause it to short circuit, he said."   https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1131878_panasonic-bigger-cells-affordable-evs-tesla-format-change   TOP 5 MERCEDES EQS FEATURES: ELECTRIC LUXURY! "This is the perfect type of car to go electric... but I'd still rather be driven in this car than drive it! The 2022 Mercedes EQS" - 2 million views already.   This is the perfect type of car to go electric... but I'd still rather be driven in this car than drive it! The 2022 Mercedes EQS "Ola Källenius must be proud of the Mercedes-Benz EQS not only because it can beat the Tesla Model S. Another reason of joy for the Mercedes-Benz CEO is that the electric car will be profitable from day one, according to the executive. He also said it would not make as much money as the S-Class, but there’s a good reason for that." according to InsideEVs; "the EQS will not be a compliance vehicle, according to Källenius. Profits will be “reasonable,”"   https://insideevs.com/news/500393/mercedes-benz-eqs-profitable-beginning/   RIVIAN PICK SAMSUNG CELLS "Rivian announced today that Samsung SDI is going to be supplying the battery cells for its electric pickup truck and upcoming electric vehicles. Securing battery cell supply is the most important thing to achieve volume production of new electric vehicle programs as automakers are fighting for limited supply." according to electrek: "“Rivian announced today that Samsung SDI will supply battery cells for Rivian vehicles. Samsung and Rivian have been working together throughout the vehicle development process to ensure robust cell testing and characterization. “We’re excited about the performance and reliability of Samsung SDI battery cells combined with our energy-dense module and pack design. Samsung SDI’s focus on innovation and responsible sourcing of battery materials aligns well with our vision.”"   https://electrek.co/2021/04/12/electric-pickup-truck-powered-samsung-sdi-battery-cells/     QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM   In order to get people to take up electric cars, do more CEO’s need to be a publicity machine like Elon Musk? Or do the wider public not care, and just want to focus on the cars? 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In early October, French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled the details of an upcoming law aimed at fighting what he called “Islamist separatism.”In the aftermath of two recent, gruesome terrorist attacks in France, Macron said that Islam “is in crisis all over the world." Related: French teacher's murder widens France-Turkey rift over secularismA new draft of the law released to French media earlier this week notably took out the word “separatism.” It’s now called the “law consolidating republican principles.”But the idea remains the same. In essence, Macron wants the religion of Islam to fit with French republican values.   Related: Does the spirit of 'Je Suis Charlie' endure in France today?“We need French intellectuals, French imams and French academics to interpret and to disseminate a modern interpretation of Islam,” said Hakim El Karoui, a Paris-based political consultant who has written extensively about the threat of Islamist extremism and the need to create a “French Islam.”Many of El Karoui’s ideas have been incorporated into the proposed law, which will be debated in the French Parliament in early December.Related: ‘Maybe we need more God in prisons' to curb radicalization, says one former extremistAmong other things, the law would monitor international funding coming into French mosques, crack down on online hate speech and create a special certificate program for French imams.Karoui believes the majority of French Muslims would support the law. In 2016, he conducted a survey of French Muslims and found that nearly half of them say they feel well adapted to French society. He calls them the silent majority. “[Many French Muslims] consider religion a private matter. Their silence is included in the French model. This is the challenging thing. We have to help them to speak."Hakim El Karoui, political consultant, Paris, France“They consider religion a private matter. Their silence is included in the French model. This is the challenging thing. We have to help them to speak,” Karoui said.Karoui encourages this “silent majority” to make it clear to the rest of France that those committing extremist acts in the name of Islam are an aberration.Reframing religion  Journalist and filmmaker Rokhaya Diallo fears French President Emmanuel Macron's forthcoming "separatism law" will only create more division.  Credit: Courtesy of Brigitte Sombie Rokhaya Diallo, a French journalist and filmmaker, disagrees with the notion that Islam itself needs reforming.“Religion belongs to people who have faith and we have laws ... it’s not up to politicians, to the government to intervene and try and reframe a religion,” Diallo said.At a time when France is under a national lockdown for COVID-19, and grappling with the grief from terrorist attacks, Diallo says Macron should be focused on bringing the country together — not singling out a religious minority, which she fears is only leading to more violence.“Certain people are trying to use the momentum to evict people ... minorities who are speaking out against racism, against Islamophobia, to disqualify them," Diallo said.She cites a recent protest organized by Génération Identitaire, a far-right organization described as a white nationalist group.  After last month’s attack at a church in Nice, the group immediately took to the streets waving banners that said: “Islam Get of Europe.”‘What is separatism?’ At a market in the working-class Paris suburb of Bagneux, you’re just as likely to hear Arabic as French. Most of the people The World spoke with at the market identified as Muslim. The majority said they hadn’t heard much about this so-called separatism law.“What is separatism?” one man responded when asked his opinion about the law.A woman picking fruit nearby interjected. “It’s a new law,” she said. “But it’s not really clear. It's pretty confusing, actually.” The woman, who gave her name as Djamila, says she’s not sure if she’s for or against the law. But she really doesn't like the word “separatism.”“[The word 'separatism'] doesn't make sense here. French Muslims don’t want to be independent from the state. This word separatism gives the wrong impression.”Djamila, French shopper at a supermarket in Bagneux, France“This is what we say this for places that want to claim independence,” Djamila said. “It doesn't make sense here. French Muslims don’t want to be independent from the state. This word separatism gives the wrong impression.”While the latest version of the bill no longer uses the word separatism, it’s still swirling around in people’s minds.  Abdel Hakim (left) and his friend Djilali, say the French government should be less preoccupied with the country's Muslim population and focus on responding to the coronavirus pandemic.  Credit: Rebecca Rosman/The World In another corner of the market, two men drank tea and shared a snack. One of them was 30-year-old Abdel Hakim. He’s Algerian but has been living in France for more than half his life. “In France, a lot of people love to hear what they want to hear — not what the person in front of them is actually saying,” Hakim said.And Macron, he says, is no exception.  “I think Muslims are this country’s biggest preoccupation. We know we've never been liked and we never will be. So, we just continue to live our daily lives and don't think about politics too much.”Regarding the proposed law, Hakim says he doesn’t think his opinion matters. Macron will do what he wants.The president, Hakim said, “will have no trouble finding an audience to tell him exactly what he wants to hear about Islam.”

For this episode, our host, Shannon Falkenstein, speaks with Anne Olderog, an Acton Founder who has an impressive wealth of knowledge on education. She is also a Partner at Vivaldi, leading projects on growth/innovation strategy, positioning and brand architecture. She works with education companies such as Blackboard or McGraw-Hill to ensure that today and tomorrow's learners get the very best that education can offer. Anne holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School, an M.A. in International Studies from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an M.Phil in Management from Cambridge University. She is a Laureate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) in Paris, where she earned a B.A. in Economics & Finance. Prior to her business career, Anne received a B.A. in French Literature at the Sorbonne in Paris and researched policy issues for the French Parliament. She is fluent in 6 languages and consulted major corporations in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany and Italy. In her (scarce) free time, she enjoys blogging on changes in education, engaging in virtual bike races, training her dogs and losing to her son in ping pong. Key Takeaways: 2:56 - Anne shares her story on how she started a school for her daughter 15:17 - On encouraging learning 17:44 - Teaching Compliance VS Self-Sufficiency 19:11 - Education can be a game 22:44 - Cultivating Children's unique creative minds and equipping them to be the leaders of tomorrow 24:42 - Anne's advice to parents 28:25 - What Acton Academy Verona is like 39:11 - Dealing with Covid 48:59 - Being Vulnerable in front of our children and role model how to deal with challenges, how we can take risks and how we can learn from our mistakes 53:45 - Anne's thoughts about college 56:32 - A metaphor that can help parents understand the microschool movement and the big seismic changes in education Quotes and Tips The best thing we could do for our children is equip them with meta skills that will enable them to be great with people, be great leaders, create following, articulate their ideas and ultimately be lifelong learners. The best thing you can do as Acton parents is unpush your own buttons. Learning needs to be as engaging as social media or else we'd lose their attention very quickly to video games. Ultimately, we want to educate citizens who are self-sufficient and who are equipped to make their own decisions and really contribute to the society in a meaningful way. Educating is so exciting in itself that we adults simply need to step back and let it shine. Mentioned Links: Anne's Article about Covid19- https://vivaldigroup.com/en/blogs/covid-19-changing-education/ Allison Gopnik - Gardener and Carpenter - https://www.amazon.com/Gardener-Carpenter-Development-Relationship-Children/dp/1536617830 Acton Academy Verona: http://www.actonacademyverona.org/

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman discuss Joe Biden's racist comments on the recent Breakfast Club radio show interview with Charlemagne tha God, where his dismissive statements factor into a long line of Biden's troubling comments on racial issues, and why his comments are likely to present a continuing problem for the Democrats in selling a deeply flawed candidate to the voter base which they need the most.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gilbert Mercier, Editor in Chief of News Junkie Post and the author of "The Orwellian Empire," to talk about the new EU 'Green Deal' Coronavirus Recovery package, German Prime Minister Angela Merkel's apparent shift in position on the bargain, and the impacts of French President Emmanuel Macron's loss of an absolute majority in French Parliament.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Ollie Vargas, a writer and journalist with Radio Kawsachun Coca, to talk about the apparent threat by the commander of Bolivian armed forces to overrule the National Assembly, the announcement that coup-borne Bolivian President Jeanine Añez is apparently investigating her since-fired Health Minister over his role in an emerging corruption scandal involving European ventilators, and the latest on the ongoing protests demanding new elections.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Max Blumenthal, editor of The Grayzone and author of "The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump," to talk about his new article exposing the role of gambling tycoon Sheldon Adelson in shielding CIA involvement in the surveillance of Julian Assange, the new report by The Grayzone that a co-author of the story which landed whistleblower Reality Winner in prison has since been hired by the NYPD, and why it looks like the Democratic presidential campaign has turned into a "Weekend at Biden's."

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Gilbert Mercier, Editor in Chief of News Junkie Post and the author of "The Orwellian Empire," to talk about the new EU 'Green Deal' Coronavirus Recovery package, German Prime Minister Angela Merkel's apparent shift in position on the bargain, and the impacts of French President Emmanuel Macron's loss of an absolute majority in French Parliament.

Julieta Kusnir talks with muralist Juana Alicia, one of the seven visionary creators of the iconic Maestrapeace mural project on San Francisco's Women's Building.  The murals are 35 years old this year and a spectacular new book from Heyday Press commemorates both the original production and the restoration, along with profiles of the artists (Juana Alicia, Miranda Bergman, Edythe Boone, Susan Kelk Cervantes, Meera Desai, Yvonne Littleton, and Irene Pérez), and work by seven Bay Area poets including Alice Walker, Genny Lim and Sandra Cisneros and Dvora Major with a foreword by Angela Y. Davis. The artists and writers will celebrate the book with two upcoming events in San Francisco. Maestrapeace at the San Francisco Public Library Sep 14 2019 San Francisco Public Library – Koret Auditorium San Francisco, CA. Maestrapeace: San Francisco's Monumental Feminist Mural Oct 08 2019 California Historical Society San Francisco, CA.   A major theme of the mural is water – one of the central images is the ocean Orisha/Goddess Yemaya – and the connections between women's activism and care for the Earth. Youth climate strike organizer Xiye Bastida speaks with Tiokasin Ghosthorse of First Voices Radio about indigenous traditions of stewardship for the earth and waterways as she waits for Swedish activist Greta Thunberg‘s boat to arrive in New York. And we'll hear part of Greta Thunberg's address to the French Parliament about why youth have had to step up to demand that adults take the climate crisis seriously (courtesy of WINGS – the Women's International News Gathering Service). Bay Area youth and adult allies will join the worldwide Youth Climate Strike September 20-27.    Then Kate Raphael speaks with Kyle Chu, writer-actor and co-creator of the web series CHOSEN FAM, which will have its first pilot screening party on Wednesday, September 11 at El Rio. CHOSEN FAM follows the members of all-QTPOC Indy rock band navigates relationships, growing up and growing apart in the Bay Area DIY music scene.  I'll talk with Kyle about the how and why of making a web series (what she calls a “baby TV show”) on a shoestring and what current and former shows she admires. The post September 9, 2019 – Story, Art, Action! Muralismo, Youth Climate Warriors, and the Life of a Web Series appeared first on KPFA.

Vice President of the French National Assembly, including a delegation of the French Parliament are in Cambodia for a six-day official visit from 15th to 20th December. - អនុប្រធានរដ្ឋសភាបារាំង រួមទាំងគណៈប្រតិភូសភាបារាំង បានធ្វើដំណើរមកបំពេញ​ទស្សនកិច្ចផ្លូវការ នៅកម្ពុជា រយៈពេល ៦ថ្ងៃ ចាប់ពីថ្ងៃទី១៥ រហូតដល់ថ្ងៃទី២០ ខែធ្នូ។ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី១៧ ខែធ្នូ នៅភ្នំពេញ ប្រតិភូសភាបារាំង បានចូលជួប​ពិភាក្សាការងារ ជាមួយប្រធានរដ្ឋសភា និងជួបដាច់ដោយឡែក ជាមួយ​ប្រធាន​ក្រុម​សភាកម្ពុជា-បារាំង​។

In today's episode on French politics I consider how: The French President gets elected, The President's powers, The French Prime Minister's powers,  The structure of the French Parliament, How French Parliamentarians are elected, and, The important information on the upcoming elections.

0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:08:10 The Raw Skeptic Report... with Heidi Robertson An open letter to the Editor of the Tweed Daily News The Northern Rivers Vaccination Supports take action after a local newspaper published an uncritical story and interview with Anti-Vax conspiracy theorists.. With Heidi Robertson and Alison Gaylard https://www.facebook.com/150057145203234/posts/596209557254655 0:21:28 Wide condemnation of pro-acupuncture research paper on infant colic A controversial study that claims to have found proof that acupuncture is effective in treating colic in infants has been widely rebuked. In fact, even the associate editor of the journal where the study was published said “in technical terms, the study is negative … the primary outcome did not turn out to be statistically significant”. http://www.skeptics.com.au 0:28:18 Brew Ha Ha: Science in less time than it takes to order a coffee https://www.australiascience.tv/tags/brew-ha-ha With Tania Meyer With the latest disaster that is - was - the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, it's also an environmental disaster. While the company plans to recycle phones that are returned, many precious, rare minerals and metals will be lost through the recycling process. Further reading via VICE Motherboard: http://bit.ly/2dMi4ek As the Tour Down Under kicks off we look at one of the biggest controversies in cycling. Are cheats "mechanical doping" by putting tiny electric motors in their bikes? The French Parliament has even tried to make it illegal! Further reading via Cycling Tips: http://bit.ly/2jqN73Y 0:34:45 Maynard's Spooky Action.... Not many UFOs at Maynard's International Studio (annexe) as Richard Saunders drops by for a visit. Find out what about yet another of Maynard's favourite podcasts and we have a questions for the listeners. http://podcastufo.com https://www.patreon.com/Maynard 0:41:56 When or skeptics criticise homeopathy, they are often wrong By Edzard Ernst This post might come as a surprise to some. And no, Edzard Ernst is not changing sides in the debate in the debate about homeopathy. But he has long felt that, when skeptics criticise homeopathy, they often wrong-foot themselves by using arguments which are not entirely correct. http://edzardernst.com Also... "UFO Belief and Religion" Dr Steve Roberts https://www.meetup.com/Mordi-Skeptics-in-the-Pub/events/236343128/

The CREATE Distinguished Speaker Series presents:   Rabbi Abraham Cooper “Digital Terrorism and Hate: Why the Bad Guys are Winning and What Twitter Should Be Doing About It” For the last 20 years, The Simon Wiesenthal Center Digital Terrorism and Hate Project has been tracking how extremist groups leverage internet technologies to promote their hateful and violent agenda. The Wiesenthal Center does not see legislation or other government intervention as playing the primary role in addressing this disturbing trend, but rather companies like Facebook and Twitter. A PowerPoint overview of our findings that point to pivotal role that social networking should but be but are not effectively playing in addressing the growing crisis.   Biography: Rabbi Abraham Cooper is the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish human rights organization with over 400,000 family members. He has been a longtime activist for Jewish and human rights’ causes on five continents.    Since 1977, Rabbi Cooper has overseen the Wiesenthal Center’s international social action agenda and worldwide promotion of tolerance education. He is widely recognized as a pioneer and international authority on issues related to Digital Hate and Terrorism. Rabbi Cooper has interfaced with religious and political leaders in Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar, Japan, Philippines and India.  He has coordinated international conferences at UNESCO, Berlin, Geneva and multi-faith conferences on religion and terrorism in Bali and Mumbai. He has testified before the United Nations, US Senate, Japanese Diet, the French Parliament, and the OSCE.   Rabbi Cooper is the project manager of the Center’s historical exhibition written by Professor Robert Wistrich entitled, People, Book, Land: The 3,500 Year Relationship of The Jewish People with The Holy Land, that opens in 2 weeks at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.     His op-eds appear internationally in the secular and Jewish media.  Newsweek/Daily Beast lists Rabbi Cooper together with Rabbi Hier as #8 among the top 50 most influential Rabbis in the United States.   He is a founding member of Israel’s Global Forum on anti-Semitism.   _______   Established in 2004, CREATE is an interdisciplinary national research center based at the University of Southern California and funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The DHS Center of Excellence is focused on risk and economic analysis and comprises a team of experts from across the country, including partnerships with numerous universities and research institutions. www.usc.edu/create

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. In September 2010, the French Parliament made it illegal to wear a burqa in public areas, with 70 percent of public support. The ban received vigorous applause from the prominent French feminist organization Ni Putes Ni Soumises (Neither Whores Nor Submissive), which considers the burqa a tool of female oppression. In this talk organized by the University of Chicago French Club, Fadela Amara (Ni Putes Ni Soumises founder and former French minister) describes the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in the predominantly poor immigrant neighborhoods surrounding French cities (banlieues) that led to the ban on the burqa. She explains why she considers the wearing of the burqa in public to be both oppressive for women and an assault on the values upon which the French Republic is founded. Furthermore, she discusses the aftermath of the burqa ban in France, the goals that Ni Putes Ni Soumises continues to pursue, its partners at home and abroad, and the impact of the national and international political climate on men and women in the banlieues. Following the talk, Bernard Harcourt moderates a discussion that mixes questions from the Chicago audience with those submitted online by remote audience members in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and Cincinnati. Deborah Joyce serves as the interpreter throughout. Born of Algerian immigrant parents in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Fadela Amara is a French feminist politician and activist. After a 17-year-old girl was burned alive by her ex-boyfriend in the suburbs of Paris, Amara led a nationwide march to discuss the situation of women in the banlieues. In 2003, she founded Ni Putes Ni Soumises (Neither Whores Nor Submissive), one of today’s most prominent French feminist organizations, dedicated to protecting and promoting secularism, diversity, and gender equality. In 2007, Amara was named Secretary of State for Urban Policies (Secrétaire d’Etat Chargée de la Politique de la Ville) under President Sarkozy. While in the government, Amara argued strongly in favor of the burqa ban, which became law in 2010.

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Haifa is a unique model for co-existence, with Jewish, Arab and Christian communities intermingling and residing side by side, in Israel's third largest city of over 250,000 people. The Council pleased to welcome the city’s mayor, Yona Yahav to discuss Haifa as a stronghold of coexistence in the Middle East. Yona Yahav, visiting San Francisco in honor of the San Francisco-Haifa sister city relationship, has served as Mayor of Haifa since 2003, and brings extensive experience in culture and government to the Haifa municipality. Previously a Member of the 14th Knesset, Mayor Yahav was awarded the Legion of Honor by the President of the French Parliament in 2008 for his contribution in strengthening relations with France and its institutes, and for his devoted leadership of Haifa’s diverse population during the Second War in Lebanon.

The title of this 128th Episode is Backing Up.… because once again we're backtracking a bit to hop into the story of Church History earlier than where our last few episodes have taken us. We're focusing this time on what happened in France during the late 17th and into the 18th century.This period saw a massive struggle between the French monarchy and two groups; Catholic  Jansenists and Protestant Huguenots. At stake was the throne's claim that it alone had the power to determine the religion of the French people.France was the most populous and wealthy country in Europe. It was also the most feared,  admired, and imitated. By the time of the French Revolution in 1789, the population was 28 million.From the late 17th century to the Revolution, the Court at Versailles, the main residence of the French kings, was the center of political life. But a mix of disparate factors led to a growing disillusionment with the Crown. Philosophes engaged each other in Parisian salons in political discussions that implemented dangerous new ideas; to the Crown anyway. And once the King found out about these dangerous liaisons, they became downright lethal to those who engaged in them. As the power of the French court grew, Masonic lodges popped up all over, advocating more subversive ideas. Illegal books and broadsides were printed by a clandestine press. All these challenged Versailles's political dominance in the second half of the 18th century. A powerful “court of public opinion” emerged to dare the status quo into change.France's monarchs wanted to protect their inheritance rights while expanding the kingdom's economic and political power over more of Europe and overseas. Continental Wars often spilled over into the colonies. Louis XIV occasionally referred to “French Europe” and France's ongoing conflict with Spain. But after his passing, France often teamed with Spain in opposition to England and other European powers.After the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga in 1778 during the War for Independence, Louis XVI, to spite the English, supported the Americans in their quest to gain independence from the British. But this French aid took an ironic turn. Louis abetted revolutionaries who aimed to throw off a monarchy in favor of a democratic republic, while at the same time adding to France's already massive debt.In Late Spring of 1789, Louis was forced to call a meeting of the French Parliament, called the Estates-General to deal with the now intense fiscal crisis. After intense debate, delegates of the French people declared they represented the “nation” choosing that word rather than ”kingdom” and invited members of the clergy and nobility to join them. Many did. On June 17, the Assemblée Nationale formed and claimed it, rather than the King, represented the realm.This was a severe blow to a principle that had found varying degrees of expression in Europe for hundreds of years; that is, the Divine Right of Kings.Earlier, in his work Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture, Jacques Bossuet [boo-sway], advisor to Louis XIV, justified the divine right of kings by citing Scripture. He wrote, “God is the King of kings: it is for Him to instruct them and to rule them as His ministers. Listen then, Monseigneur, to the lessons which he gives them in His Scripture, and learn from the examples on which they must base their conduct.” He said, “Rulers act as the ministers of God and as his lieutenants on earth. It is through them that God exercises his empire.” Bossuet argued the king's power was absolute.  But the king wasn't to act like a despot issuing arbitrary and selfish decrees. He was in covenant with his subjects and was called to care for them the way a father cares for his children.According to divine right theory, kingship was a sacred position, manned by someone uniquely called to occupy the center of the religious sphere. Without him, chaos would descend. His lineage stretched back to Adam thru mythical figures like Pharamond, Clovis, Pepin, and Charlemagne. From the Middle Ages on, writings knowns as the Mirrors of Princes called on the French monarch to be pious, just, and good; while avoiding wanton luxury, cruelty, and moral weakness.At the king's coronation, the archbishop of Reims anointed him with sacred oil and blessed his gloves, scepter, and ring. The king swore an oath to uphold the Catholic faith. If his subjects rebelled against, since he was a God-ordained sacred person in a sacred office, they deserved death. In 1757, Robert Damiens attempted to assassinate Louis XV. He was pulled apart before a cheering crowd of thousands. A subversive word against His Majesty earned the author time in prison.Louis XIV became king at age five but due to his age, wasn't allowed to rule till he was 22. As he waited for the throne, France was torn apart by civil war in which his agents were barely able to eke out a victory. Traumatized by what he saw during this time, Louis determined to short-circuit future revolts by establishing an absolute monarchy. He learned well how to rule under the watchful eye of the shrewd politician Cardinal Mazarin. He came to control of France by a sophisticated system of rewards and honors that kept everyone beholden to his favor. He understood the threat of various religious factions all vying for control and set a Gallican, a French form of Catholicism for the realm, regardless of what they might profess to believe.Since 1516, the year before Luther published his 95 Theses, French kings selected bishops for the French church. They filled the positions with loyal nobles. When Pope Innocent XI rejected Louis XIV's naming of bishops and his appropriation of funds from vacant bishoprics, the king, with approval of the Clergy, encouraged Bossuet to draw up a Declaration of Gallican Liberties of 1682, stipulating that kings “were not subject to any ecclesiastical power in temporal affairs.”The result was that French bishops had sweeping authority to rule both in temporal and spiritual matters. Besides ordinations and baptisms, they mandated that religious books could be published only with their permission. They regularly called on censors in the National Librairie to condemn what they called “wicked books.” The bishops' personal privileges were extreme. They ruled over a church that owned 10% of the land. In exchange for immunities from taxation, they gave a [uh-humm] “gift” to the king.In 1690, Pope Alexander VIII condemned the Declaration of Gallican Liberties. Three years later, Louis XIV rescinded the declaration. Then two years after that gave his bishops authority over all priests. The French throne and church both exhibited a willingness to defy the papacy in temporal and spiritual matters. There was only one realm in which the Gallican Church and Vatican united; in the contest between the Jansenists and Jesuits.As we saw in a previous episode, Jansenists were followers of Cornelius Jansen, a professor of theology at the University of Louvain and for a time, the bishop of Ypres. Jansen proposed an interpretation of Augustine's theology in his posthumous work Augustinus that extolled God's sovereignty and denied any role humans have in salvation thru free will. Jansen said the elect are saved by God's grace alone. As their lives are transformed, the elect do the will of God by performing acts of love for God and others. In seeking assurance of salvation, the elect overcome temptation by following an austere lifestyle of rigorous penance and frequent celebration of the Mass. Yep; They were Catholic Calvinists; an oxymoron if there ever was one.Jansenists argued forcefully for the inviolability of the individual conscience of the believer; even to the point of refusing to accept a church teaching, they deemed errant.Jansenists were especially critical of Jesuits, whom they believed had succumbed to the teachings of Molinism, a theology based on the work of Luis Molina who advocated free will. Molina was a Spanish Jesuit who'd argued that God provides sufficient grace to move someone to repentance, but didn't force it. Molina said God elects according to His foreknowledge of our choices.Jansenists also rejected the Jesuits' defense of a papal monarchy. Like the Gallicans, they held a conciliarist position: that the authority of the church was vested in all the members of the body of Christ, including themselves as a Catholic minority.The Jansenists criticized the Jesuits for their rule-based ethics, their love of classical pagan culture, and their worldliness. In the Provincial Letters, the Jansenist Blaise Pascal parodied the Jesuits to the delight of most Parisians. But Louis XIV wasn't amused and ordered the book burned.The Jesuits fired back; accusing Jansenists of being anti-monarchical Protestants.To clear themselves of that charge, leading Jansenists of the mid-17th century, became major combatants in the Eucharistic Controversy of the 1660s and 70's. This was the debate that raged in Reformed churches over how to understand the elements in Communion. Just as the Controversy had run in the 9th century in the Catholic Church, now it ran in the Reformation churches of Europe in the 17th. Jansenists believed in the classic Catholic position of Transubstantiation, which all reformed churches had rejected to one degree or another. The Jansenists knew by adhering to it, they could set themselves over against the label Protestant being tossed at them by the Jesuits.Despite their best anti-Protestant efforts, the Jansenists failed to win Louis XIV's favor. In 1678, they were forced to leave France.On September 1, 1715, Louis XIV died, leaving the French church deeply divided. Though the Jansenists had been officially exiled, many of the French were secret, and some, not-so-secret Jansenists. Numerous appeals were made to Rome by high-ranking clergy for a repeal of anti-Jansenist rulings.Then, a series of reported healings took place at a Jansenist leader's graveside. This seemed to mark God's favor on the movement.  Throngs of Parisians flocked to the cemetery. In 1732, the government closed it to curb its propaganda value. A jokester posted a sign on the cemetery's entrance: “By order of the king: God is prohibited to do miracles in this place.”The Jansenists may have lost the support of the religious and political hierarchy, but their popularity soared with commoners.  Priests were regarded as successors to Christ's disciples. This undercut the authority of bishops. Then the law courts reasoned if priests had as much authority as bishops, THEY had as much authority as bureaucrats and nobles.  As adjudicators of the Law, collectively they had as much authority, maybe MORE, than the king.So, although originally a theological movement, Jansenism took on a political dimension; as theology often eventually does. Jansenists effectively used the printed page to keep the public current regarding their struggles in France and the rest of Europe.Rumors swirled through Paris in December 1756 and into January of armed revolt. Three-fourths of Paris backed the Jansenists. A rumor said the Jesuits would soon be slaughtered.On the bitterly cold afternoon of Jan 5, 1757, Robert-François Damiens broke through the king's guards and drove a knife into the side of Louis XV. He was immediately arrested. The wound was superficial. The assassin's short knife didn't make it far enough through the king's thick coat to inflict a fatal wound. But Parisians were shocked and profoundly saddened. They feared another St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre was upon them.Despite torture, Damiens remained resolute in denying the existence of co-conspirators. After a trial in which judges assumed his guilt, Damiens's body was literally pulled apart at a public execution witnessed by a large and boisterous crowd.Louis XV was badly shaken by the attempt on his life and the rumor his own cousin was behind it.  In September, he lost the will to enforce anti-Jansenist and Protestant restrictions.In Nov. 1764, Jansenists scored a victory against the 3,300 Jesuits in France when the court ordered them to vacate the kingdom and its colonies, and Louis XV reluctantly agreed. The Jesuits had stumbled rather badly in some mission ventures in China and South America which tarnished their reputation and raised a public outcry against them.Three years later, Charles III of Spain, King of Naples and Duke of Parma, expelled the Jesuits from their lands. Eventually, in 1773, the papacy dissolved the order with its 26,000 members worldwide and its nearly 1,000 colleges and seminaries. It wasn't till 1814 that the Society of Jesus was re-established.Despite complaints Protestants brazenly touted their new toleration under Louis XV, the French Church affirmed Catholicism as the only legitimate religion in France. In 1765, the Assembly of Clergy declared, “There is, Sire, in your Kingdom, only one master, one single monarch whom we obey: there is only one single cult and one single faith.” They called on the king to uphold anti-Protestant legislation. Louis XV said he would, but as stated, he didn't have the will to enforce it.In 1774, Louis XV died of smallpox. Louis XVI was crowned king in the cathedral of Reims. During a magnificent coronation service, he affirmed his desire to uphold the Catholic religion and to reinvigorate the sacred character of his union with the people of France. In 1776, a resurgence of Roman Catholic devotion took place in Paris. But in 1787, Louis yielded to a well-orchestrated campaign by Jansenists and the Protestant Pastor Rabaut Saint-Etienne. He issued the Edict of Toleration for Protestants.We wrap this episode by noting that as the religious landscape opened up in France, so too did the political. New ideologies and political theories were popping out of the Enlightenment like fleas off a mongrel. John-Jacques Rousseau was popular, and his ideas began to infiltrate the minds of the French public. If the individual was free to think for him and herself, and worship according to one's own conscience, why not extend that idea to the lesser realm of human governments? If bishops aren't supreme, the Bishop of the bishops, the Pope isn't either. And if the Pope isn't supreme, neither is the king. The Divine right of kings was an ideology on the way out.

The title of this episode is – A Needless Tragedy.We backtrack now a bit. We're going back to that period of European history following the Reformation called the Wars of Religion. We do so to take a look at a single day; Aug 24, 1572 in Paris, and the infamous event that happened then and there = the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.We do this because while it's a lot more detailed look at something than we usually get into, it illustrates the impact the Reformation had on Europe and, I think, the Modern World.John Calvin was French but his reforming work was centered in Geneva, Switzerland. It didn't take long for his influence to spread back to his native homeland so that by 1555, Calvinism had firm roots there. French Calvinists were called Huguenots – a word of unknown origin but was meant as a mockery of Protestants. Calvinism spread rapidly and soon there were a couple thousand French Reformed churches with close to half the French switching from Catholic churches to Huguenot fellowships.What made things difficult for the French Monarchy, which remained firmly Catholic, was that many of the nobility were Huguenots. Bear in mind that at that time, religious affiliation and political alignment were regarded by most Europeans as one and the same. A showdown between French Catholics and Protestants seemed inevitable.Enter the scheming Queen Mother of France, Catherine de Medici; a die-hard Roman Catholic. She arranged for her daughter, Margaret of Valois, to be married on August 18th of 1572 to the Protestant King, Henry of Navarre. The hope in Paris was that this marriage would bring peace between warring Catholics and Protestants. Nobles who'd fought each other the previous decade turned out for the celebration. Thousands of Protestants came to Paris for the wedding, and the festivities lasted for days.But while Catherine de Médici planned her daughter's wedding, she was also plotted the assassination of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny [koh-LEE-nee], one of the main leaders of the Huguenots.On Aug. 22nd, the assassination attempt failed. The plot, so soon after the royal wedding, threatened to badly embarrass the royal family. Near midnight the following day, Charles IX, the 22 yr-old French king and brother of the bride, in a fit of rage, screamed at his mother, “If you're going to kill Coligny, why don't you kill all the Huguenots in France, so there'll be none left to hate me.”Catherine wasn't one to put up with the pique of her petulant son and decided to follow up on his suggestion. She ordered the murder of all Huguenot leaders still in Paris, including those who'd attended the wedding. The massacre began on Aug 24, 1572, St. Bartholomew's Day. Admiral Coligny was murdered first as he knelt in prayer.Many of the Huguenot nobles were lodged at the Louvre. They were called into the courtyard and shot one by one as they appeared. During the night, the homes of Paris Huguenots were each marked with white crosses. Before daybreak, messengers were sent throughout the city crying out, “Kill! Kill! The King commands it.” A murdering frenzy fell on the whole city. Entire Huguenot families were taken into the streets and murdered. The dawn of St. Bartholomew's Day revealed many thousands of martyred Huguenots.The craze spread to the provinces in the following days and weeks, the death toll somewhere between 30 and 40 thousand. Admiral Coligny's head was embalmed and sent to Rome as a gift to Pope Gregory XIII. When it reached Rome, the Pope and his cardinals staged a Mass of Thanksgiving.The massacre was not without cost to Charles IX. He began having horrific nightmares. In less than two years, he lay dying at the age of only 24. His last days were plagued with visions of his victims. He cried to his nurse, “What bloodshed, what murders! What evil counsel have I followed? O my God, forgive me!. . . I am lost!”That's the short version of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. Now for a little more depth.The massacre marked a turning point in the French Wars of Religion. The Huguenot political movement was crippled by the loss of many of its most prominent leaders, as well as many re-conversions by commoners back to Catholicism while those who remained Protestant were increasingly radicalized.Though by no means unique, the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre was the worst of the century's religious atrocities. Throughout Europe, it impressed on Protestants the firm conviction Catholics were bloody and treacherous. But some of those Protestants ought to have seen how they treated other Protestants of a different flavor, as well as Catholics, with the same kind of brutality when they had the chance.While the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre seems a violent but quickly burnt-out fit of hatred, it was in truth the culmination of a series of events.1st – The Peace of Saint-Germain in 1570 put an end to 3 years of terrible civil war between French Catholics and Protestants. But the peace was precarious since many Catholics refused to accept it. The famous Guise [gice] family led this faction and so fell out of favor at the French court. Meanwhile, the Huguenot political and military leader Admiral Gaspard de Coligny was readmitted to the king's council in September of 1571.Catholics were shocked by the return of Protestants to the court, but the king and queen mother, the afore-mentioned Charles IX and Catherine de Medici were determined not to let war break out again. Being were well aware of the kingdom's financial difficulties, they knew more war would bankrupt them so they were determined to stay friendly with Coligny. The Huguenots were in a strong defensive position as they controlled not a few of the fortified towns across France.To cement the peace between the two groups, Catherine offered to marry her daughter Margaret to the Protestant prince Henry of Navarre, the future King Henry IV. The royal marriage was arranged for 18 August 1572. But it was rejected by staunch Catholics. Both the Pope and King Philip II of Spain strongly condemned Catherine's plan.2nd - The impending marriage led to the gathering of a large number of well-born Protestants in Paris, who'd come to escort their prince. But Paris was a violently anti-Huguenot city, and Parisians, who tended to be extreme Catholics, found their presence unacceptable. Encouraged by Catholic preachers, they were horrified at the marriage of a Catholic princess to a Protestant.  The French Parliament snubbed the marriage ceremony altogether.3rd - Compounding this bad feeling was the fact that recent harvests were poor and taxes had risen to pay for civil wars. The rise in food prices, set against the backdrop of the obscene luxury displayed by the nobles on the occasion of the royal wedding increased tension among the people. A particular point of complaint was a cross erected on the site of the house of Philippe de Gastines, a Huguenot martyred a couple yrs before. A mob tore down his house and erected a large wooden cross in its place. Under the terms of the Peace of Saint-Germain, the cross was removed in Dec. 1571. That led to riots that killed fifty and saw massive property damage. In the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, relatives of the Gastines family were among the first to be killed by the mob.4th - The royal court itself was divided. Catherine hadn't obtained the Pope's permission for the royal marriage; so the French clergy hesitated about what to do. It took all Catherine's considerable skill to convince Cardinal de Bourbon to officiate the wedding ceremony. And note who were' talking about here. This is Catherine DE MEDICI, of the eminently famous and powerful Italian banking family.5th - In the years leading up to the massacre, Huguenot political rhetoric had for the first time taken a tone against, not just the policies of the monarchy, but following the trend of Protestant thought, toward monarchy in principle. This trend would grow greatly after the Massacre as the Huguenots laid blame for it at the foot of the throne.6th - Tensions were further raised in May, 1572 when news reached Paris that a French Huguenot army under Louis of Nassau crossed into a Dutch province and captured a couple of Catholic strongholds. This was all so Louis could assist his brother William in his political ambitions. French Catholics were furious that all of France was being dragged into a war with the Netherlands and Spain they had nothing to do with.All these ingredients mixed in the pot to produce a tension just waiting for a spark to ignite.After the wedding on August 18, Coligny and leading Huguenots remained in Paris to discuss some grievances about the Peace of St. Germain with the king.On the 22nd, an attempt was made on Coligny's life as he made his way home from the Louvre. He was shot from the upstairs window of a home owned by the Guises and seriously wounded. The would-be assassin escaped in the confusion that followed.The attempted assassination of Coligny triggered the crisis that led to the massacre. Coligny was the most respected Huguenot leader and enjoyed a close relationship with the king. Aware of the danger of reprisals from the Protestants, the king and his court visited Coligny on his sickbed and promised the culprits would be punished.While Catherine was eating dinner, Protestants burst in to demand justice, some going so far as to threaten her. The fears of Huguenot reprisals grew in the palace. Coligny's brother-in-law led a 4,000-strong army that was at that moment camped just outside the city, and though there's no evidence it was planning to attack, Catholics feared it might take revenge on the Guises or the general populace of the city.So that evening, Catherine held a meeting with her Italian advisers. On the evening of the 23rd, Catherine went to see the king to discuss the crisis. Though no details of the meeting survive, it seems Charles and his mother decided to eliminate the Protestant leaders, meaning between 2 and 3 dozen of the noblemen still in Paris. They thought this would gut the Huguenots of their leadership and leave the Protestants powerless. They hoped it would squelch any real attempts at attacking the royals.Shortly after this decision, municipal authorities of Paris were summoned. They were ordered to shut the city gates and arm the citizenry in order to prevent any attempt at a Protestant uprising. The king's Swiss Guard was given the task of killing a list of leading Protestants. It's difficult to determine the exact chronology of events and know the moment the killing began. It seems a signal was given by ringing bells at a church near the Louvre. The Swiss guards expelled the Protestant nobles from the Louvre castle, then slaughtered them in the streets.A group led by the Duke of Guise dragged Admiral Coligny from his bed, killed him, and threw his body out a window.  And all the tension building since the Peace of St. Germain exploded in a wave of popular mob violence. Commoners hunted Protestants throughout the city, including women and children. Chains were used to block streets so Protestants couldn't escape from their houses. The bodies of the dead were collected in carts and thrown into the Seine. The massacre in Paris lasted 3 days despite the king's attempts to stop it.The leading Huguenot prince, Henry of Navarre just 19 and newly married to Catherine's daughter, was spared and pledged to convert to Catholicism. He later renounced his feigned conversion when he escaped the madhouse that was Paris.On Aug 26th, the king fabricated an “official” version of events—saying that he ordered the massacre to thwart a Huguenot plot against the royal family. A celebration and parade were held, while the killings continued in parts of the city.Although King Charles dispatched orders to the provincial governors on Aug. 24th to prevent violence and maintain the terms of the Peace of Saint-Germain, from August to October, massacres of Huguenots took place in a dozen French cities. In most of them, the killings swiftly followed the arrival of the news of the Paris massacre, but in some places there was a delay of a month.In many cities across France, the loss to the Huguenot communities after the massacres was far larger than those actually killed. Because in the following weeks there were mass conversions to Catholicism. For instance, in Rouen [ruin], where a few hundred were killed, the Huguenot community shrank from over 16 thousand to fewer than 3 thousand as a result of conversions and emigration to safer cities and countries.Soon afterward, both sides prepared for a fourth civil war, which began before the end of the year.The St Bartholomew's Day Massacre with the ensuing turmoil that fell out from the Reformation in all Europe went far in shaping the mindset of succeeding generations. You can make a good case for the emergence of the Enlightenment's suspicion of religion because of the horrendous bad behavior of people in the name of God during the Wars of Religion.Of course, as we've said in previous episodes, it was often politicians and power-hungry prelates who hid behind religion and used the name of God in a bald grab for temporal power. They knew the common people could be manipulated by a religious argument more easily than by admitting they just wanted more land or power. Today, politicians seek to dispatch their opponents by saying they're wrong on this or that political issue. In 16th and 17th C Europe, they did so by accusing their opponents of heresy.As we finish this episode, I again want to say thanks to all who've visited the CS FB page and given us a like. 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