[Old Teufel Hunden]

"They submitted a list of demands to the French govt last Fri and one of them was "France First"."

Sounds like they could use a little 'Make France Great Again' slogan!!

I agree with you, the divisions in French politics are not unlike our divisions in American politics.

[MarMema]

Who is protesting? "The white middle class, the forgotten middle class in France," said Famke Krumbmüller, an expert in French politics at OpenCitiz political consultancy firm in Paris. Krumbmüller said the people protesting were those who pay the high French taxes and social charges — which cover benefits such as the state pension and unemployment insurance — but feel they get little in return because they are not the poorest in society."They're fed up with the rising prices and the cost of living," she explained. "They feel like the political elite is forgetting about them."