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Imagine the headlines if Macrons France banned protests against Mcdonalds. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wsfh/0642292.0031.020/--jose-bove-vs-mcdonalds-the-maki

• scrollaway 5y ago
  Wtf is "Macron's France"? Macron is not involved here.
  • dopidopHN 5y ago
    He’s Head of executive and leading the political party in the majority position? But correct, that’s more a job for his ministre des affaires étrangères. That being said, that guy report to the first minister, that macron picked. So with enough inference it’s macron’s call.
• PoignardAzur 5y ago
  There have been quite a lot of protest bans since the beginning of the pandemic. They essentially broke the Yellow Vests's momentum. People grumble about it, but there's a general understanding that (A) the government can and does ban protests that it deems dangerous for public order (B) whether a protest is allowed or not has very little impact on how it proceeds.