“Let Them Eat Cake” – Amid Strikes, Blockades and Social Chaos, French Minister Marlene Schiappa’s Playboy Cover Ignites a Flood of Controversy

Ever since Emmanuel Macron’s government decided to ram his highly unpopular Pension Reform without a Parliamentary vote, the situation in France has unraveled: multiple strikes, blockades of roads, food and fuel depots, countless popular protests and clashes with the security forces.