Groupe Casino has estimated the value impact of the ‘gilets jaunes’ protests on its stores at ‘about €50 million in sales, or around 1% in like-for-like terms in its French operations. Chief financial officer David Lubek made the assessment following the publication…

Emmanuel Macron and Matteo Salvini The war of words between the governments of Italy and France escalated last week, after Italy’s deputy Prime Ministers, Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini, gave their support for the gilets jaunes movement against French President Emmanuel…

Employees forced to claim additional benefits after working hours slashed due to protests Six weeks of Gilets Jaunes’ protests have forced more than 43,000 workers in France to claim additional benefits from the government after their hours were cut by their employers,…

Photo: Shutterstock Win 2manydjs tix! Chamber to inform businesses on Brexit no deal impact Russian state television has spent much of the last two weeks playing up the chaos of France’s protests, continuing a trend of coverage that emerged long before troll…

Last November, the French started a new Saturday tradition: “Gilet jaune” protesters wearing yellow safety vests started to take to the streets by the tens of thousands in the morning, shouting slogans against the high cost of living, against French President Emmanuel…

A former professional boxer filmed attacking a police officer during gilets jaunes (yellow vests) demonstrations in Paris at the weekend is in custody after turning himself in to authorities. The interior minister, Christophe Castaner, said on Twitter the man “will have to…

Printable version Some consider that if you are involved in a movement against a tax (supposed, in theory at least, to redistribute wealth) rather than for higher wages, say (in the broad sense, including social security), you are part of a right-wing…

A Gilet Jaune protester Place de l’Etoile, near the Champs-Elysées. Paris, 24 November. This is the first article in a two-part series on the Yellow Vest protests. Read the second part here . Paris: The Rond-Point du Nouveau Monde (New World Roundabout)…

After ten weeks of protests, a large number of French people remain tolerant of the ‘yellow vests’, but could the development of a formal, popular opposition mean the backlash is under way? Columnist and veteran France correspondent John Lichfield explores. All predictions…

When French President (and ex-investment banker) Macron decided to cut taxes for the super-rich and make up the shortfall by taxing diesel fuel (widespread in poor rural areas) but not private jet fuel, he put the already-precarious French treasury into an even…