Geneviève Legay, an anti-capitalist activist, during a rally by the gilets jaunes movement in Nice on 23 March 2019. As French president, Emmanuel Macron has used contemptuous phrases to address factory workers , a teenager who greeted him as “Manu”, a young…

Éric Drouet Éric Drouet claimed he had ‘no role as an organiser or leader’ in planned protests on December 22 and January 2 One of the so-called “leaders” of the gilets jaunes movement has been fined €2,000, of which €500 has been…

The yellow-vest protest movement in France has named 10 candidates for the May European Parliament elections, but says it aims to expand the list to 79. The grassroots movement – “gilets jaunes” in French – grew out of fuel tax protests in…

Far from being anti-environment, the gilets jaunes have exposed the greenwashing of Macron’s deeply regressive economic and social agenda. “It’s well and good to tell people who are making €1000 a month to change their car, but they can’t,” says Elsa, a…

Far from being anti-environment, the gilets jaunes have exposed the greenwashing of Macron’s deeply regressive economic and social agenda. “It’s well and good to tell people who are making €1000 a month to change their car, but they can’t,” says Elsa, a…

Emmanuel Macron has been accused of patronising a 73-year-old gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protester who sustained a fractured skull after riot police charged demonstrators in an off-limits area of Nice. Geneviève Legay was taken to hospital with serious head injuries on Saturday….

Genevieve Legay suffered skull fractures in incident at demonstration, daughter says Relatives of a 73-year-old gilets jaunes demonstrator who was injured in a police charge are to file a complaint, the family’s lawyer has said. Genevieve Legay, described as ‘someone who fights…

Gilets jaunes protesters in Morlaix, France in February 2019. malkovitch / Flickr Ever since the movement first burst on the scene on November 17, France’s political and intellectual debate has continued to revolve around the gilets jaunes . President Emmanuel Macron’s first…

Relatives of a 73-year-old gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protester who was seriously injured when French riot police pushed back demonstrators in Nice on Saturday are to file an official complaint for “wilful violence”. Geneviève Legay was taken to hospital with a fractured…

Around 5,000 demonstrators took to the streets in Paris during the 19th round of gilet jaunes protests. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier A police officer suffered a suspected heart attack on Saturday night as violence flared at the end of the 19th gilets jaunes (yellow…