© Gonzalo Fuentes / ReutersGendarmerie during Yellow Vests rallies in Nantes, France.
Last Saturday marked the seventh week of Yellow Vest rallies held in Paris and other cities across France. The protests, initially sparked by fuel-tax hikes, grew into a wider movement demanding the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron and his government.
The number of protesters dropped during the holiday season, but the movement itself is "not waning down," Yellow Vests activist Julien Duclos told RT France. The government gives people enough reasons to stay angry, and the upcoming taxes and spending cuts will "motivate" others to join the protests, he said.
Comment: With Macron nowhere to be seen - even keeping his Christmas plans a secret - the police are being vilified for their brutality and protection of an elitist puppet, whilst also suffering the same financial struggles at home, and with the movement spreading all over Europe, particularly with the totalitarian implementation of the UN 'migration' bill, this movement is unlikely to fizzle out anytime soon. However, as some commentators have made clear, they may need to form a more coherent message and structure before the movement is usurped by nefarious establishment backed groups:
- Niall Bradley to PressTV: 'Yellow Vests Movement a Result of Sclerotic, Totalitarian Politics in Western Europe'
- Amnesty International's damning report of violence by France's police on protesters, journalists and children
- Yellow Vest protesters attempt to storm Macron's Mediterranean castle
- French police to stage 'Gilets Bleus' protests: "We are middle class too. When we take off our uniforms, we become Yellow Vests"
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