Posted on 02/24/2024 6:37:33 PM PST by Nextrush
This week Prime Minister Gabirel Attal tried to draw Marine Le Pen into a debate on agricultural issues in the midst of the ongoing farmers protests...
The Agriculture Show came to Paris Friday but so did protesting farmers staging an event with a convoy of tractors....
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin moving quickly Thursday arresting Imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi and expelling him back to Tunisia...
Today President Emanuel Macron trying to make a splash as the Agricultural Show in Paris saying he offers the way out of the grievances of the farmers caused by Free Market Global Capitalism undercutting the livelihoods of French farmers.
"Green" policies have also forced farmers to keep land out of production and Macron was denying to the media that he had invited the "Earth Uprisings" environmentalist group to participate in a debate at the show...
The farm show became the center of protest all day long with Macron's presence...
"You threw a colossal sum to Ukraine, but you gave us crumbs"
That was the shout from one protesting farmer at the ag show...
In Paris this afternoon the weekly Yellow Vests protest....
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FRANCE YELLOW VETS PROTESTS
Why do they have all these yellow vests?
Because in France you are required to have a yellow vest in your vehicle.
You must also carry a warning triangle and have headlamp beam deflectors.
Yellow vest symbol
The movement originated with French motorists from rural areas who had long commutes protesting against an increase in fuel taxes, wearing the yellow vests that, under a 2008 French law, all motorists are required to keep in their vehicles and wear in the case of an emergency.
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