Posted on 10/16/2021 8:52:27 PM PDT by Nextrush
Calls from Yellow Vests activists like Jerome Rodrigues for an increased mobilization and effort this Saturday as the reality of higher fuel prices has come to France.
The price of diesel fuel earlier this month reached just over 1.53 euros a liter, which would be more than six dollars a gallon.
In November 2018 "green taxes" on gasoline were a major catalyst in the sudden emergence of the Yellow Vests protest movement.
The fluid economic situation with a "green energy" backdrop not going unnoticed by the leading challenger to incumbent President Emmanuel Macron in next April's Presidential Election.
Marine Le Pen said this week that she would end government subsidies for green energy and take down wind turbines that have been erected in the countryside...
Meanwhile President Emmanuel Macron's government moving to keep vaccine passports in place until perhaps July 31st next year.
It is a sign that Macron feels he can get political mileage out of the passports. Its believed that 25 percent of public opinion is opposed to the vax passport which would indicate a wide base of support for them.
But its worth noting that the committment to continuation of the vax passport was not a firm one leaving room for changes as the political campaign continues.
In Paris the protest continues today and here is a live stream video from there.
This video shows a protest right in front of a Pfizer building in France.
A protest today in Aix en Provence, France protesters shouting "Liberte"-"Freedom".
Mainstream media like BFM-TV today focusing on a return to the traffic circle protests that exemplified the early days of the Yellow Vests movement almost three years ago.
This video includes protests at traffic circles today also seen a toll booth protest where privatized highway toll booths are occupied...
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All French vehicles must carry a yellow vest. Everyone has them. Its the law there.
Considering how long this yellow vest crappola has been going on, you’d think the Froggies were fighting Nazi’s.
As in, no apparent effect.
Where is a Robespierre (sp?) when yah need him?
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