France Breaking: Fuel Tax Moratorium Is Not Enough-Marine Le Pen, Students Launching New Protest....

Nextrush Free ^ | 12/4/2018 | Nextrush/Self

[Nextrush]

"A moratorium is envisaged, but a moratorium is only a postponement. This is obviously not up to expectations and precariousness in which the French struggle"

Marine Le Pen on Twitter 12/4/2018

President Emmanuel Macron's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced a moratorium on January 1st gas tax hikes today (for six months), but opposition politicians inlcuding National Rally (formerly National Front) leader Marine Le Pen and leaders in "The Republicans" (the mainstream party of "the Right") are calling the move inadequate.

Meanwhile the National High School Union in France announced today:

"The moratorium will not be enough, we demand real educational measures"

The union called on students to mobilize for blockades and occupations on December 11th, but in a number of locations across France, schools were being shut down this morning.

In some parts of France oil refineries are blocked, causing fuel shortages that even extend across the Channel into England.

More at the English translation link for "BFM TV".....

[usconservative]

I ridicule the French quite a bit however I'll say this: when they put their minds to it, they don't take shit from their Government.

Government increases fuel tax: they revolt.

Government wants to cut social benefits: they revolt.

Government increases workweek hours: they revolt.

German's invade, they re ................ oh wait. Nevermind.

[grobdriver]

"The moratorium will not be enough, we demand real educational measures"

What does this even mean?
Something lost in the translation?

[Sa-teef]

"PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Edouard Philippe's approval ratings hit new lows as the "yellow vest" protests gathered pace, according to an Ifop-Fiducial poll for Paris Match and Sud Radio published on Tuesday.

Macron's approval rating fell to 23 percent in the poll conducted late last week, down six points on the previous month.

The first "yellow vest" demonstrations were held on Nov. 17 to contest fuel-tax rises, and have since evolved into a broader protest movement and anti-Macron uprising...."

Little Macaroni is in serious trouble with the populous just as he was looking to fit into that Napoleon costume he's been modeling for his schoolmarm wife.

[tennmountainman]

Macron doubled down Saturday saying he would not suspend
the fuel tax.

His u-Turn this morning was so quick, he turned into his
own self.

Trump had this moron pegged,
as Macron is in deep do.

[drop 50 and fire for effect]

German's invade, they re ................ oh wait. Nevermind.

In 1914, they stopped the Germans short of Paris.

In 1940, many fought, but many others were poorly trained and overwhelmed.

[kabar]

They may “revolt” when they get squeezed too hard by the government, but it shows how much control the government has over them. That hasn’t changed.

[libertylover]

What does this even mean?

More mandatory queer indoctrination?

[Sa-teef]

"Anti-Macron protests in France are gaining speed. Yesterday we saw firefighters turn their backs on elected officials, police removing their helmets in a show of solidarity with the protesters and Monday morning, more than one hundred ambulance drivers protested in Paris. At 5:30am the paramedics blocked the Place de la Concorde in downtown Paris, blaring sirens and holding banners criticising the government-mandated reforms in how ambulances are paid for their services, according to France Info.

The protests began on 17 November in response to the tax on diesel rising 23 per cent in just 12 months. The protesters taking to the streets wearing the high visibility yellow vests which are compulsory in all vehicles in France.

The protests have seen even school students in solidarity with the yellow vest movement calling for Macron to resign over education reforms.

The ambulance services joining the fire and police services in a country of civil unrest against a globalist President who, despite his plummeting approval ratings, has flirted with the idea of calling for a state of emergency.

He has dug his heels in stating he will not back down from his climate change agenda and that fuel duty will rise again in the new year.

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Little Napoleon is in serious doo-doo, he just won't accept reality quite yet.

[pepsionice]

It is curious that they picked a six-month delay. That means that the entire focus of the EU election in May for France....is about this tax episode, and Macron’s party will lose in a massive way in this EU representative effort. That was a bad way to plan this out

[super7man]

President Emmanuel Macron's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced a moratorium on January 1st gas tax hikes today (for six months)

So riots DO get you what you want. Nice. Expect more.

[Right Wing Assault]

Other articles have claimed that leftists have been wearing yellow jackets and doing their usual anti-capitalism rioting. A few days ago, I wondered how long that would take.

[Yashcheritsiy]

German's invade, they re ................ oh wait. Nevermind.

Look, this is just ridiculous. The French fought, and they fought gallantly, in 1940. Their problem was poor leadership that was trying to refight WWI, and totally failed to anticipate the extent to which German mechanised blitzkrieg allowed them fire-in-mobility capability.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Just think had Marine Le Pen and Hillary won the elections? How interesting our relations with France would have been. I wonder how the MSM would have handled the leaders of the US, Britain, France and Germany.

[livius]

It’s because Europeans expect everything from “the government”. The French want to retire with full inflated pensions at the lowest age, have the lowest work-week hours in Europe, get their salaries raised by “the government” even though their productivity is very low, get ”free” inferior medical care, and have the feel good, virtue signaling EU carbon tax. Then suddenly they discover that somebody’s got to pay it, and guess what, they’re the payees. And somehow it doesn’t look that great anymore.

[Bringbackthedraft]

The French fought, and they fought gallantly, in 1940. Yeah and again in 1942, between themselves in Africa. The Foreign Legion units fought on both sides.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[BenLurkin]

“Originally, the yellow vest protesters were people from rural areas who have to drive long distances as part of their daily life. They said they couldn’t afford the hike in fuel prices. Protests appeared in pockets around France to denounce Macron’s green tax and then quickly grew into a larger movement that includes members of the working and middle classes who are expressing their frustration about slipping standards of living. They say their incomes are too high to qualify for social welfare benefits but too low to make ends meet. The movement has no official leadership and was organized initially through social media groups.”

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/673195387/france-freezes-fuel-tax-hike-in-face-of-yellow-vest-protests

Sounds like a Taxed Enough Already party.

[bravo whiskey]

The French put second level troops at Sedan and the general staff and politicians panicked when the Germans broke through. One French general got it right “ we lost one battle, that can be overcome.” But the government did not listen. Their panic caused the BEF to retreat to Dunkirk. They got out because the French troops held the perimeter. More French troops died after Dunkirk than before.
The Dutch government panicked after the Rotterdam attack. The Dutch soldiers did a number on the German air landing troops and transports. Our troops panicked at Kasserine. The Red army lost almost 6 million in the first 6 months. The French did not have time and distance to be able to regroup and learn. And a weak government and outdated and elderly general staff.

[drop 50 and fire for effect]

I toured a Maginoy Line fort, Ouvrage Schoenenbourg, the troops there fought off multiple attacks and held out until after the government fell.

The French planned for the war the Germans fought before, and were not prepared for them to try a different plan.