Carrying on from Mystic's above posting -and a whole week later, may I add, it seems the
anger in France hasn't receded, only the amount of protesters feeling it.
It'll be interesting to know how much the media in France are reporting this and I'll ask
my nephew's mother when she rings today!
Always a bad sign when they wheel out that quote!!
anger in France hasn't receded, only the amount of protesters feeling it.
It'll be interesting to know how much the media in France are reporting this and I'll ask
my nephew's mother when she rings today!
Quote:Restaurant ablaze on eighth weekend of 'yellow vest' protests in France
A boat restaurant on the River Seine is set ablaze and a number of vehicles are overturned and torched.
'Tear gas has been fired as the eighth consecutive weekend of "yellow vest" demonstrations in France
erupted in violence. Riot police moved in when the march deviated from an officially approved route.
A boat restaurant on the River Seine on the Left Bank was set ablaze and a number of vehicles were
overturned and torched. Police boats patrolled the river while beyond the Seine, motorcycles and a car
were set on fire on the Boulevard Saint Germain.
Riot police and firefighters moved in as barricades mounted in the middle of the streets were also set alight.
The protests are against President Emmanuel Macron's economic reforms which are seen as favouring the
rich while squeezing the household income of ordinary people...'
Always a bad sign when they wheel out that quote!!
Quote:'...Earlier the atmosphere had been calm and numbers of demonstrators appeared to be down on previousSky News:
marches. But the violence erupted when protesters tried to cross the river on a pedestrian bridge not on the
official route from City Hall to the National Assembly.
Police used clubs and tear gas and then held the bridge in a stand-off while violence broke out.
Clashes between police and protesters flared up in other cities across France, with tear gas fired in Bordeaux
and in Rouen, Normandy.
There are no official figures on the number of protesters who turned out but one police estimate put the marchers
in the capital at 3,500. Protesters were looking to boost the yellow vest movement as numbers of participants had
fallen since the first Saturday protest in mid-November.
The government has toughened its stance against protesters, saying they are agitators who want to topple Mr Macron.
On Wednesday, a key figure in the yellow vests movement was arrested for allegedly organising an illegal demonstration.
Government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux said before Saturday's march that those still protesting "want insurrection".
He called on the French to express their views during a "national debate" organised in the coming weeks in all regions
rather than by taking to the streets.
The yellow vest campaign was launched following fuel tax hikes affecting working people who commute by car.
It expanded to encompass wide-range anger over Mr Macron's economic policies, which ordinary people say favour
the rich.
Mr Macron has already agreed a number of concessions, including scrapping fuel tax rises, tax cuts for pensioners and
extra money for those on the minimum wage...'
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