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The state of emergency in France, in place since November's terror attacks, and the hosting of the Euro 2016 have put extra strain on the security services. Should this burden be increased by the protests against social change? The French government had planned to ban a large scale trade unions demonstration on Thursday, but after threats by the unions to carry on regardless a compromise has been reached. Should the right to protest be upheld during this state of emergency?
This Tuesday, strikes at six of France’s 8 oil refineries triggered a run on gas stations in the Paris area and throughout the country. The unions are digging in, with truckers and rail workers set to walk off the job again and another national day of protest on Thursday. But both the president and his prime minister said there'd be no going back on a bill that's already been watered down. What's in this labor reform that's tearing apart the president's own camp? How popular are the strikes?
Five years after the Fukushima disaster, Japan remembers its victims while the rest of the world reflects on the safety of nuclear power. Following the EU-Turkey summit, many feel that Europe has sold its soul to keep out migrants. Meanwhile Queen Elizabeth appeared most displeased at a tabloid claiming her endorsement of Brexit. French student and worker’s unions marched in the streets to protest a new labour reform, and Brazil’s socialist icon Lula faced corruption charges.
The brawling in Britain over that June Brexit referendum has now spilled over across the Channel. Ahead of a Franco-British Summit staged on the World War I battlefields of the Somme, French economy minister Emmanuel Macron warned that should the UK leave the EU, be braced for a move home of French financial services from London. The summit coincides with the dismantling of the Jungle camp in Calais. Is the French handling of the crisis helping or hurting David Cameron's ‘Stay’ pitch?
Could Europe's golden child be turning into its black sheep? Poland has enjoyed economic growth and a successful democratic transition, but the conservative Law and Justice Party insists it has a mandate from the people to change course. Reining in the constitutional court and state broadcasting, an anti-migrant stance on par with Hungary, loud arguments with the EU… What has changed in Poland? What lies ahead now for a staunch NATO member with gripes that go from Berlin and Brussels to Moscow?
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