Current Events > French people are getting fed up with Macron

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-protests/yellow-vest-protests-escalate-across-france-over-200-arrested-in-paris-idUSKCN1O02WU

French riot police fought street battles with yellow vest protesters in central Paris, in a third weekend of nationwide unrest against high living costs that pose one of the most serious challenges to Emmanuel Macrons presidency.

In Paris, police said they had arrested almost 300 people while almost 100 were injured as protesters hurled projectiles at riot officers, burned cars and smashed shop fronts. In some areas, groups of masked men roamed freely, smashing properties, burning cars and vandalizing banks.

Police fired stun grenades, tear gas and water cannon at protesters at the top of the Champs-Elysees boulevard, at the Tuilleries Garden near the Louvre museum and other sites across the city including Opera and Place de la Bastille. More than a dozen metro stations were closed.

Macron, in Argentina for a G20 summit, said he would convene ministers to discuss the crisis upon his return on Sunday.

We are in a state of insurrection, Ive never seen anything like it, said Jeanne dHauteserre, the mayor of Paris 8th district, near the Arc de Triomphe.

The popular rebellion erupted out of nowhere [Antifar's note: probably not out of nowhere] on Nov. 17 and spread quickly via social media, with protesters blocking roads across France and impeding access to shopping malls, factories and some fuel depots.

On Saturday, some targeted the Arc de Triomphe, chanting Macron Resign and scrawling on the facade of the towering 19th-century arch: The yellow vests will triumph.

Addressing a news conference in Buenos Aires, Macron said no cause justified the looting of stores, attacks on the security forces or torching of property. The violence, he said, had nothing to do with the peaceful expression of legitimate grievances.

I will always respect differences. I will always listen to opposition, but I will never accept violence, the president said.

Protesters smashed the windows of Paris shops including branches of Chanel, Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Dior, where protesters daubed a wooden board Merry Mayhem.

Security officials were locked inside the Interior Ministry for crisis talks for several hours during the afternoon.

The skirmishes in Paris broke out early on Saturday, amid concern that violent far-right and far-left groups were infiltrating the Gilets Jaunes (yellow vests) movement.

Police were tracking violent radical groups who were well-prepared and switching from one location to another, officials said.

Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said most of those arrested were regular yellow vests who had been egged on by the fringe groups bent on stirring trouble.

The yellow vest protests began as a backlash against Macrons fuel tax hikes, but have tapped into a vein of deep dissatisfaction felt towards the 40-year-olds economic reforms, which many voters feel favor the wealthy and big business.

The protests have caught Macron off-guard just as he was trying to counter a fall in his popularity rating to 20 percent. His unyielding response has exposed him to charges of being out of touch with ordinary people, particularly in rural villages and the provincial hinterlands.

Some peaceful protesters held up a slogan reading, Macron, stop treating us like idiots!

Macron on Tuesday said he understood the anger of voters outside Frances big cities over the squeeze fuel prices have put on households. But he insisted he would not be bounced into changing policy by thugs.

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I feel like Macron's approval rating went straight to 30 as soon as he won the election. The French don't seem too fond of their presidents.
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idk why they are good cookies
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Give those violent radicals 20 years in prison
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That's sort of a natural side effect of having as many candidates and parties as they do; 30 percent is probably more than he got in the first round of elections.
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When I see his name I always think of that song Chaccaron Maccaron.
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FLUFFYGERM posted...

Give those violent radicals 20 years in prison

that level of destruction would only be worth 20 years in a fascist state
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Why are leftists no matter the country almost always unable to protest without turning into violent criminal thugs?
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Sacrebleu
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Is it time for the annual sacking of Paris by its own citizens again?

Man those guys really love smashing up their own city and burning their cars.
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Let them eat cake.
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I read that as macaroni. Fuck, I'm hungry.
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ColdOne666 posted...

Why are leftists no matter the country almost always unable to protest without turning into violent criminal thugs?

Imagine thinking this is all leftists lmao
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This is just what French people do. Rioting and hating their leaders has been their national pasttime for centuries.

By the way this is exactly what the far left asked for. Did you think fuel taxes and carbon taxes wouldn't be punishing to regular people? lmfao

https://tinyurl.com/ybbwhq3n

Macron has so far held strong and insisted the fuel tax rises are a necessary pain to reduce Frances dependence on fossil fuels and fund renewable energy investments a cornerstone of his reforms of the nation. He will defend fresh plans to make the energy transition easier next week.

And listen to these dumb fucks.

Its going to trigger a civil war and me, like most other citizens, were all ready, said Benjamin Vrignaud, a 21-year-old protester from Chartres.

They take everything from us. They steal everything from us, said 21-year-old Laura Cordonnier.

lmfao these are probably the same people who voted for this shit and yet they're whining and ready to start a civil war over it? lmfao
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