Revolution Jaune
The yellow vest (gilets jaunes) movement began in November 2018 and was named after the high-vis jackets worn by motorists who started the movement. Although the gilets jaunes started by protesting against rising fuel taxes, the movement has become increasingly extreme with…
Fourteen weeks ago, when our youngest son was looking forward to his fifth birthday party, I never expected to have to explain why my family wanted to drive across the roundabout at the bottom of our street in the southwestern town of…
Philosopher Alain Finkielkraut was subjected to anti-Semitic abuse The French far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, has said she won’t join other political parties in a march against anti-Semitism on Tuesday, accusing France’s leaders of doing nothing to tackle Islamist networks in France…
Amazon is the biggest employer in tech Wall challenge, returning Isis members & May’s options The weekly protests by the Gilets jaunes (yellow vest) movement are costing French local governments millions in lost revenue, property damage and extra expenses. That’s according to…
© Belga Between 1,000 and 2,000 “Gilets Jaunes” marched calmly through the centre of Paris on Sunday, the day after Act 14 was passed. It was also three months to the day since the movement started, according to an AFP journalist. The…
Numbers were reportedly down across the country, but some violence and clashes remained Scuffles took place in Paris, Toulouse, Bordeaux, and Rouen – with police using tear gas and some flash-ball weapons to disperse crowds. Four people were injured in Rouen when…
Those of us who observed France’s gilets jaunes (yellow vests) on their 13th Saturday in a row of Paris street demonstrations last weekend witnessed incidents that were as surreal as they were horrific. One of the protesters lost four fingers in an…
Photo by Patrice Calatayu (Flickr). Paris every Saturday becomes a battleground. Riot cops cordon off large sections of the centre of the city with temporary fences and armoured vehicles resembling tanks. On the 15th January, I followed a few hundred people on…
Photo by Patrice Calatayu (Flickr). Paris every Saturday becomes a battleground. Riot cops cordon off large sections of the centre of the city with temporary fences and armoured vehicles resembling tanks. On the 15th January, I followed a few hundred people on…
Emmanuel Macron’s closest special adviser has become the latest to quit the Élysée Palace as the French president reshuffles his team to counter the gilets jaunes anti-government protests and an ongoing scandal around a former security aide . Ismaël Emelien, 31, had…