#AFLOAT IN FRANCE UPDATE#

Unions have called for new protests and strikes Tuesday. According to a study by the Pasteur Institute, France has been dealing with its own mutation of the coronavirus that has killed over 250,000 worldwide. However, fuel supplies to Paris from the large Gonfreville-L’Orcher refinery in Normandy resumed Friday after police intervened, French Energy Transition Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said.įearing disruptions in coming days, France’s Civil Aviation Authority has requested that one-third of flights be canceled Sunday at Paris’ second airport, Orly, with 20% to be canceled Monday. On Friday, emboldened protesters headed to the Fos-sur-mer oil depot near Marseille to stop trucks from entering or leaving. Oil refineries have been another protest target. Firefighters and residents worked together to tame flames that rose to the second story of an apartment building in the chic Palais Royal area. “I hope that we do not give this gift to the thugs,” he said.įires in Paris that were intentionally lit in narrow or inaccessible alleys Thursday night alarmed both city officials and residents. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.īefore the king’s visit was postponed, Hurmic said he hoped it wouldn’t get canceled. The mayor, Pierre Hurmic, said Friday that he had “difficulty understanding the interest of such acts of vandalism.” The heavy wooden door of the elegant Bordeaux City Hall was destroyed by fire Thursday night by people taking part in an unauthorized demonstration.

“This decision was taken with the consent of all parties, after the president of France asked the British government to postpone the visit.”Ĭharles had been scheduled to visit Bordeaux on the second day of his trip.

“The king and queen consort’s state visit to France has been postponed,” Sunak’s office said. He still plans to go to Germany, but British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office said another date would be found for the French leg.

#AFLOAT IN FRANCE UPDATE#

Now we need to update our thinking about when a person becomes ‘old.’ It’s not at 62, even if the French would like to retire then.Ĭharles and Camilla, the queen consort, planned to visit both France and Germany during the king’s first trip abroad as monarch. Opinion Granderson: An expanding ‘middle age’ upends everything, as protests in France show

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