Posted on 01/06/2019 3:05:15 PM PST by aquila48
PARIS (Reuters) - Emmanuel Macron intended to start the new year on the offensive against the ‘yellow vest’ protesters. Instead, the French president is reeling from more violent street demonstrations.
What began as a grassroots rebellion against diesel taxes and the high cost of living has morphed into something more perilous for Macron - an assault on his presidency and French institutions.
The anti-government protesters on Saturday used a forklift truck to force their way into a government ministry compound, torched cars near the Champs Elysees and in one violent skirmish on a bridge over the Seine punched and kicked riot police officers to the ground.
The French authorities’ struggle to maintain order during the weekend protests raises questions not just over policing tactics but also over how Macron responds, as he prepares to bring in stricter rules for unemployment benefits and cut thousands of public sector jobs.
On Sunday evening, Macron wrote on Twitter: “Once again, the Republic was attacked with extreme violence - its guardians, its representatives, its symbols.”
His administration had hardened its stance against the yellow vests after the protest movement appeared to have lost momentum over the Christmas holidays.
The government would not relent in its pursuit of reforms to reshape the economy, government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux said on Friday, branding the remaining protesters agitators seeking to overthrow the government.
Twenty-four hours later, he was fleeing his office out of a back door as protesters invaded the courtyard and smashed up several cars. “It wasn’t me who was attacked,” he later said. “It was the Republic.”
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Emmanuel “Antoinette” Macron
Time for a lamppost decorating party!
The natural end point of socialism.
Slouching toward Venezuela.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s forced to step down - with a 25% approval rating, Macron is living on borrowed time.
The Fifth Republic is facing its ultimate test.
La République has been under attack for a long time from those who would impose socialism on the beautiful country of France.
How many more times must countries play around with socialism before humanity, as a whole, realizes that it simply does not work?
Looks like Twitter doesn’t work for him.
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The problem is you now have generations brought up on it and addicted to it.
They are not into orange juice and chocolate bars.
Getting real.....
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“Macron’s government has been shaken by the unrest, caught off-guard when in November the yellow vests began blocking roads, occupying highway tollbooths and staging violent invasions of Paris and other cities on weekends”
“No, it was definitely you, Monsieur.”
I’m hoping his sister Turdeau in Canuckstan continues receiving the same well deserved treatment.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4766724/yellow-vest-protest-canada/
He has no credibility left and his latest proposals are akin to throwing a match on the powder keg.
It looks ready to explode. What in the world is he thinking? Worst thing you can do is turning the population AND the the civil servants against you.
Good luck with cutting unemployment benefits and public sector jobs.
Did he ask his “momma wife” what to do.
“How many more times must countries play around with socialism before humanity, as a whole, realizes that it simply does not work?”
Now let’s get real. The protests there now have been hijacked by socialists and leftists. What they’re asking for is more free stuff and raping the “rich”, more socialism.
Still anything that gives that pompous girl Emmanuelle grief is enjoyable.
‘Hooded agitators’ - sounds like Antifa (clones) are involved. Time to round the hooded ones up.
And our media is concerned that European elites dislike Trump.
Macron is a typical leftist dictator!
Macron is a typical leftist...Idiot...
...for he and his mother...um, wife.
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