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Macron lectures UK on democracy while France burns every Saturday – George Galloway Macron lectures UK on democracy while France burns every Saturday – George Galloway
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The French president chided British MPs for failing to respect the will of the people by accepting the Brexit deal. The lecture is quite rich coming from a leader whose country “is on fire every Saturday” George Galloway said. French president Emmanuel Macron, who rebuked British MPs for failing to respect the will of the people after they repeatedly refused to accept Theresa May's Brexit deal, has been criticized for ignoring his own people.
Emmanuel Macron, one of the most vocal European critics of Britain’s indecisiveness on Brexit, voiced his frustration on Thursday during a European Council meeting on Brexit. Macron, one of the European Union's harshest critics of Britain’s indecisiveness over Brexit, told a meeting of the European Council on Thursday that the result of the British referendum must be respected.
“We should respect what the British people have decided,” he said. “We need to hear our people, we need to address their fears. We can’t play with fears, or simply tear up pages without offering anything else.”  “We need to hear our people, we need to address their fears. We can’t play with fears, or simply tear up pages without offering anything else," he said.
Macron’s own record of hearing people out is far from flawless, considering the ongoing mass protests in France, which were ignited by the French government’s austerity policies. Paris was criticized for its heavy-handed approach against demonstrators, including allowing police to use mutilating riot control weapons. But former Labour MP Galloway said that Macron’s own record of listening to the people was far from flawless.
“As I recall, [Louis XVI] Bourbon, the king of France, banned demonstrations back in 1789. We know what happened next. The French people are not to be excluded from their own streets,” British political commentator George Galloway, who previously served as a Labour MP, remarked. There have been on-going anti-austerity protests in France since last November and the French authorities have been criticised for their heavy-handed approach against the demonstrators.
One of the latest developments in the months-long stand-off in France is the Interior Ministry banning rallies in some parts of Paris in response to rioting last weekend. Macron also announced plans to deploy French soldiers in the streets this Saturday to secure government buildings and symbolic sites. Critics say this smacks of tasking the military with policing, which hasn’t happened in France since the late 1940s, right after World War II. And earlier this week, the French Interior Ministry announced plans to ban rallies in some parts of Paris following rioting last weekend.
Macron has also announced plans to deploy French soldiers in the streets this Saturday to secure government buildings and symbolic sites. Critics said this move was reminiscent of last time the army patrolled the streets in France, in the late 1940s.
 “As I recall, [Louis XVI] Bourbon, the king of France, banned demonstrations back in 1789. We know what happened next. The French people are not to be excluded from their own streets,” remarked Galloway.
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