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70 arrested in Brussels during 'yellow vest' protest
Times Live ^ | 08 December 2018 - 15:19 | AFP

Posted on 12/08/2018 4:39:41 PM PST by BenLurkin

According to Belga news agency, young protesters blocked a highway linking Brussels to the town of Rekkem in Flanders, located near the French border.

They also put up a barricade near the Franco-Belgian border close to Adinkerque, Belga said.

The "yellow vest" movement in France originally started as a protest about planned fuel hikes but has morphed into a mass protest against President Emmanuel Macron's policies and top-down style of governing.

It has spilled over to some other countries, including Belgium and especially in the country's French-speaking region.

On November 30, a "yellow vest" protest by some 300 people in Brussels degenerated into violence in which two police vehicles were torched.

(Excerpt) Read more at timeslive.co.za ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: barricades; brussels; eu; france; protests; spain; yellowvest

1 posted on 12/08/2018 4:39:41 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

I’d suggest a general yellow vest march on Brussels by all of the EU slaves....


2 posted on 12/08/2018 4:41:53 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: BenLurkin

Ah, yes. Look at what the tyrannical Marxists have created. What a surprise.....and it will only get worse.


3 posted on 12/08/2018 4:43:41 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: BenLurkin

who exactly are they & who is funding them?


4 posted on 12/08/2018 4:51:34 PM PST by thesligoduffyflynns (get off my lawn)
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To: thesligoduffyflynns

They are nationalists who will push to end the reign of globalists in Europe. They said, “We want Trump!”

That’s enough for me.


5 posted on 12/08/2018 5:36:04 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: BenLurkin

Protesters are sprouting in Brussels now, huh?


6 posted on 12/08/2018 5:47:16 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: BenLurkin

Good time to be selling yellow vests.


7 posted on 12/08/2018 6:19:26 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: BenLurkin

Someone needs to start supplying them with weapons.


8 posted on 12/08/2018 6:25:55 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Strangest civil war in history, only one side is shooting.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Good time to be selling yellow vests.

They are already required to be in French and Belgian cars, so if you own a car you are ready for the protest.

9 posted on 12/08/2018 7:07:23 PM PST by KarlInOhio (Leave the job, leave the clearance. It should be the same rule for the Swamp as for everyone else.)
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To: BenLurkin
According to EuroNews the number is 400.

Belgian police and yellow-vested protestors clashed near government offices in Brussels as some demonstrators threw rocks and fireworks damaging shops and cars nearby.

This marks the second violence of its kind in the Belgium capital in eight days.

Police arrest 400 'yellow vest' protestors in Brussels

Scanning any major media online and no mention. Wonder why? . . . . . /S

Also report of Yellow vest protest and arrest in Spain!

Beyond the failure to communicate, we just might have here a real revolution!

10 posted on 12/08/2018 7:35:13 PM PST by saywhatagain
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To: thesligoduffyflynns
This is pure Organic

France 'yellow vest' protests: Timeline of unrest

I had seen yesterday, that the "Yellow Vest" idea came from a single Facebook post by French construction worker ?? and it immediately went viral. Stupid me, did not mark it and now can not find it. Argh!

11 posted on 12/08/2018 7:43:16 PM PST by saywhatagain
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Ground zero of the yellow vest movement

Jacline Mouraud, a 51-year old composer and hypnotherapist from Brittany, is credited with sparking the movement after six million people viewed her Facebook diatribe against environmental duties on petrol and diesel last month.

Jacline Mouraud: Founder of Yellow Vest movement denounces extremists hijacking her tax protest

12 posted on 12/08/2018 8:15:37 PM PST by saywhatagain
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To: BenLurkin

I saw video of them attacking the EU building. Made my day.


13 posted on 12/08/2018 8:16:57 PM PST by MarMema (don't forget to stock up on dogfood)
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To: saywhatagain

Thank you. I could not find mention of much at all and twitter is loaded with videos from the streets, etc.


14 posted on 12/08/2018 8:18:37 PM PST by MarMema (don't forget to stock up on dogfood)
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To: saywhatagain

Canada is coming in.


15 posted on 12/08/2018 8:25:21 PM PST by MarMema (don't forget to stock up on dogfood)
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To: BenLurkin

Did somebody say “barricades?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMYNfQlf1H8


16 posted on 12/09/2018 1:57:59 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: TigerClaws

In not so sure they are nationalists tho ..do they have a mission statement or something like that? Is there a organized presence on social media? Who comprises ?
Any Merkel commentary lately on this?
Next should be londo n if this is a people’s uprising refer to Sadiq Khan & next London for this to happen. i believe many despise mMacrone in esp the french themselves.


17 posted on 12/09/2018 5:37:13 PM PST by thesligoduffyflynns (get off my lawn)
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