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Why have the 'Yellow Vest' protests spilled over into Belgium?
As ‘Yellow Vest’ protesters clashed with police on Saturday in cities across France, most notably in its capital, around 1,000 protesters clad in the high visibility vests that have become symbolic of the movement also gathered in Brussels, Belgium. The "gilets jaunes" or "Yellow Vests" movement began in France as a response to a proposed hike on fuel prices. Now it’s turned into a large, amorphous protest movement railing more generally against high taxes and the cost of living. And that, at least, is a notion that can’t be confined to just France. On Saturday, December 8, Belgian police fired tear gas and water cannons at “gilets jaunes” protesters in the capital, Brussels, as they tried to breach a riot barricade. Meanwhile in Paris, as protesters took to the streets for a fourth successive Saturday of discontent and violence, one slogan rang out above them all: “Macron, resign!” So with a protest that seems so fundamentally tied up with the perceived failings of French President Emmanuel Macron’s government, how did the Yellow Vests movement transcend borders, sparking demonstrations in neighbouring Belgium? ...
source: france24
Swedish Centre Party says to vote 'no' to Social Democrat leader Lofven as PM
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Centre leader Annie Loof her party will not support Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven as Sweden’s prime minister after talks over a deal failed, putting attempts at forming a government back to square one, three months after an election. “We have taken a decision to vote ‘no’ to Stefan Lofven as prime minister,” Loof told reporters on Monday. The Centre Party and the Liberals said last month they were willing to support Lofven if he agreed to lower taxes and free up restrictive labour laws.
source: reuters
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[Commentary] Why does nobody talk about Sweden
"Due to a wedding of two big family clans a police operation takes place today in #Mülheim. We are trying to avoid any impairments but we do not tolerate any demonstrations of power. #ZeroTolerance"
"3 people were taken to the police station for further investigation. They are under suspicion of violation of the Narcotics Act, the weapons law and the violation of the right to drive. There was also a warrant against a person. #ZeroTolerance # Mülheim"
Shams Ul-Haq warns of radicalization in mosques:
Author undercover in Hamburg's mosques - "Islamists are dancing on our faces"
Many youth from immigrant families are sliding into radical Islamism. They go as fighters of the "Islamic State" to Syria and Iraq. Or they try to commit terrorist attacks in Germany or other European countries. What drives these young people? How exactly does radicalization work? I am a journalist, and these questions have been my concern for a long time. So I decided to delve deeper into the Salafist scene. Of course, it was of benefit to me that I myself was a Muslim, even an immigrant - at age 15 I came from Pakistan with the help of smugglers ... As a German, I would hardly have managed to visit undercover more than 150 mosques in Germany and Austria undercover for two years. I listened to what was preached. I talked to imams. I have seen how the brainwashing of Islamists works. ...
source: Hamburger Morgenpost
source: Hamburger Morgenpost translate
Why have the 'Yellow Vest' protests spilled over into Belgium?
As ‘Yellow Vest’ protesters clashed with police on Saturday in cities across France, most notably in its capital, around 1,000 protesters clad in the high visibility vests that have become symbolic of the movement also gathered in Brussels, Belgium. The "gilets jaunes" or "Yellow Vests" movement began in France as a response to a proposed hike on fuel prices. Now it’s turned into a large, amorphous protest movement railing more generally against high taxes and the cost of living. And that, at least, is a notion that can’t be confined to just France. On Saturday, December 8, Belgian police fired tear gas and water cannons at “gilets jaunes” protesters in the capital, Brussels, as they tried to breach a riot barricade. Meanwhile in Paris, as protesters took to the streets for a fourth successive Saturday of discontent and violence, one slogan rang out above them all: “Macron, resign!” So with a protest that seems so fundamentally tied up with the perceived failings of French President Emmanuel Macron’s government, how did the Yellow Vests movement transcend borders, sparking demonstrations in neighbouring Belgium? ...
source: france24
Swedish Centre Party says to vote 'no' to Social Democrat leader Lofven as PM
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Centre leader Annie Loof her party will not support Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven as Sweden’s prime minister after talks over a deal failed, putting attempts at forming a government back to square one, three months after an election. “We have taken a decision to vote ‘no’ to Stefan Lofven as prime minister,” Loof told reporters on Monday. The Centre Party and the Liberals said last month they were willing to support Lofven if he agreed to lower taxes and free up restrictive labour laws.
source: reuters
note:
[Commentary] Why does nobody talk about Sweden
Aufgrund einer Hochzeit von zwei großen Familienclans findet heute in #Mülheim ein Polizeieinsatz statt. Wir versuchen die Beeinträchtigungen für die Feierlichkeiten so gering wie möglich zu halten, dulden aber keine Machtdemonstrationen. #NullToleranz pic.twitter.com/uZG9ijSEtw
— Polizei NRW E (@Polizei_NRW_E) December 9, 2018
"Due to a wedding of two big family clans a police operation takes place today in #Mülheim. We are trying to avoid any impairments but we do not tolerate any demonstrations of power. #ZeroTolerance"
3 Personen wurden für weitere Ermittlungen zur Wache mitgenommen.
— Polizei NRW E (@Polizei_NRW_E) December 9, 2018
Sie stehen unter Verdacht des Verstoßes gegen das Betäubungsmittelgesetz, das Waffengesetz und des Verstoßes gegen das Fahrerlaubnisrecht. Außerdem lag gegen eine Person ein Haftbefehl vor. #NullToleranz #Mülheim pic.twitter.com/aF9MmDWDMS
"3 people were taken to the police station for further investigation. They are under suspicion of violation of the Narcotics Act, the weapons law and the violation of the right to drive. There was also a warrant against a person. #ZeroTolerance # Mülheim"
Shams Ul-Haq warns of radicalization in mosques:
Author undercover in Hamburg's mosques - "Islamists are dancing on our faces"
Many youth from immigrant families are sliding into radical Islamism. They go as fighters of the "Islamic State" to Syria and Iraq. Or they try to commit terrorist attacks in Germany or other European countries. What drives these young people? How exactly does radicalization work? I am a journalist, and these questions have been my concern for a long time. So I decided to delve deeper into the Salafist scene. Of course, it was of benefit to me that I myself was a Muslim, even an immigrant - at age 15 I came from Pakistan with the help of smugglers ... As a German, I would hardly have managed to visit undercover more than 150 mosques in Germany and Austria undercover for two years. I listened to what was preached. I talked to imams. I have seen how the brainwashing of Islamists works. ...
source: Hamburger Morgenpost
source: Hamburger Morgenpost translate
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