Charles de Gaulle

One in four Air France flights to be Cancelled Tuesday Due to Strike

Air France said hundreds of its flights would be cancelled on Tuesday as pilots, cabin crew and ground staff pursue a sixth day of strikes aimed at securing higher pay, The Local writes.

The walkout has affected international and domestic travel, with a quarter of all flights set to be cancelled on Tuesday.

Varoufakis tells Macron to adopt the “empty-chair” tactic

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis supports Macron’s federalist proposals on the euro single currency but believes only a real threat could make Germany budge on the issue.

More than fifty years ago, in 1965, French President Charles de Gaulle withdrew his ministers from the Council of the EU, de facto vetoing all decisions.

The importance of silent majorities

During the era of PASOK's omnipotence, which was 30 years or more ago, the main opposition at the time, New Democracy, tended to refer to the silent majority in its political rhetoric.

It based this on the belief that the broad middle class did not join street protests or rallies, did not shout and did not provoke. In other words, it just minded its own business.

Global chaos at international airports

Air passengers are suffering major disruption at airports around the world after computer check-in systems crashed.
Problems have been reported at airports including London’s Heathrow and Gatwick, Charles de Gaulle in Paris,  Zurich, Melbourne, Johannesburg, Changi in Singapore and Washington DC’s Reagan Airport.

Discussing the system

Daily Hürriyet recently published the views of presidential adviser Mehmet Uçum in which he defended the new system.

Uçum is a lawyer who is very knowledgeable on issues of political systems.

Previously, the analysis of Hürriyet's Bülent Sarıoğlu was published. You cannot see this kind of objectivity in the pro-government media.

Erdoğan could become 'Turkey's de Gaulle' if he accomplishes EU process: Former PM

Former Prime Minister Mesut Yılmaz has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could become "Turkey's Charles de Gaulle" if he upgrades the country's democratic standards and positively change its history, as de Gaulle did for France in the late 1950s. 

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