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I just read this from the Guardian's Paris chief, thought it was a pretty good sampling of some of the grievances: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/0
by dtf 8y ago
I just read this from the Guardian's Paris chief, thought it was a pretty good sampling of some of the grievances:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/07/macrons-arrogance-unites-us-on-the-barricades-with-frances-gilets-jaunes https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/07/macrons-arroga...
Seems a common complaint is that Macron looks great from abroad, but he's ignoring the people at home.
Also worth checking this tweet from the French government account:
https://twitter.com/gouvernementFR/status/1070963833009782784 https://twitter.com/gouvernementFR/status/107096383300978278...
"Protest is a right, but let's do it properly.", overlayed on montage clips of good protesters and bad protesters.
Finally, the recent images of students being made to kneel with hands behind their heads by riot police is not going down well anywhere.
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- dandare 8y agoCan someone from France comment on how much of the grievances are based on truth? > “Macron’s first move in office was to slash the wealth tax for the mega-rich while cutting money from poor people’s housing benefits,” Did that really happen?
- dtf 8y agoOn the wealth tax - yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_tax_on_wealth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_tax_on_wealth Part of Macron's reforms. But not a good look, in hindsight. And the benefit cuts didn't go down well, either. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/24/housing-benefit-cuts-add-to-fall-in-emmanuel-macrons-popularity https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/24/housing-benefi...