The gilets jaunes crisis began in November 2018 and quickly spread to become a mass movement The gilets jaunes crisis was “foreseeable”, Brigitte Macron, wife of President Emmanuel Macron, has said seven months after the start of the movement, admitting that she…

See both images I am quite partial to a bike ride. There is no feeling like it, when you’ve managed to crack that hill, with your legs smarting, as you feel the cool Hertfordshire breeze running through your bald patch. I often…

Police and protesters have clashed, sometimes violently, in cities across Europe as tens of thousands of trade unionists, anti-capitalists and other demonstrators marched in traditional May Day rallies. The worst confrontations were in Paris , where riot police fired teargas and stingball…

ABB FIA Formula E increased security for this weekend’s race in Paris as a result of recent disturbances in the city caused by the ‘gilets jaunes’ protest movement. The gilets jaunes or ‘yellow vests’ movement began in November 2018 as a protest…

French MP Paula Forteza talks to SmartCitiesWorld about the lessons learned from this large-scale consultation exercise and details how France has tried to channel the anger seen on its streets into positive public engagement. Paula Forteza The ‘ gilets jaunes’ (“yellow vests”)…

French MP Paula Forteza talks to SmartCitiesWorld about the lessons learned from this large-scale consultation exercise and details how France has tried to channel the anger seen on its streets into positive public engagement. Paula Forteza The ‘ gilets jaunes’ (“yellow vests”)…

Demonstrators light a car on fire during a protest of the yellow vests. Credit: It is a political rule of thumb that street violence and disorder eventually redounds to the benefit of the party that can put an end to it. Except…

Protesters in Paris lit fires and vandalised buildings as violence flared once more The French government will replace the Paris police chief and ban rallies in some areas, after Saturday’s violent protests. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the authorities would act as…

Aa Aa A pensioner "was pushed by a police officer" during last weekend’s "gilets jaunes" ("yellow vests") protests in Nice, southern France, the city’s public prosecutor said on Friday as a judicial investigation was opened. Pictures that were taken by the news…

France ran a deficit of €80bn in 2018, and President Macron’s concessions to the ‘gilets jaunes’ protesters mean it will be even higher this year Credit: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images Plenty of things may well happen in 2019 that we can’t predict yet….