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At long last, a new coronavirus stimulus package is finally set to be passed by the US Congress. The last one expired at the end of July. Business Insider reports the long-awaited package will reportedly contain $600 stimulus checks and an extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits. While the House has passed multiple bills that would have offered more to Americans, the GOP-controlled Senate has balked until now. However, the deal hasn't been well-received in the Twitterverse, and has produced references to class warfare and revolution. 'Let them eat cake' trended on Twitter in response to the apparently inadequate $600 stimulus check. It's a famous utterance attributed to Marie Antoinette, representing the out-of-touch monied, ruling class overthrown in the French Revolution.
France's National Assembly votes for the draft budget, by 355 votes to 202, which includes the 100 billion euro recovery plan, before its examination in the Senate. IMAGES
French ministers Barbara Pompili and Bruno Le Maire meet trade unions and employers' organisations for a working meeting on the post-coronavirus recovery plan. IMAGES
At 78 years old, Sister Fabienne, a nun from a community in Beauge, was spotted riding her hoverboard into the voting booth, on Sunday, June 11, to cast her vote in the French Legislative elections. Sister Fabienne, who is part of the religious community Filles du Coeur de Marie Compatissant au Pied de la Croix, now considers herself a pro.
President Francois Hollande warned anti-reform protesters that he would not let them strangle the economy as a stand-off with unions deepens. But despite waves of strikes and demonstrations, French households are finally turning more optimistic as consumer confidence surged to its highest level since October 2007. Ivor Bennett reports.
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