Macron is trying to divert attention from the real issue which is bowing to the Climate Alarmists, so his only out is Bribery.
Now that the Leftist Commies have joined in the Riots they will end up getting more out of Macron than the Middle Class fools who are really being screwed over.
Of course, the French Middle Class Voted in these Socialist Morons, just like our Middle Class Voted in the Rats last November.
Well Climate Change is Macron’s baby so he’s not going to lay that on the line......but that’s just one of the Many issues French people have yet to wake up to and his throwing cash at these folks is like giving a crying baby candy rather than solid food.
Heck he’ll raise their wages then prices will go up and they’ll complain about what it costs to feed their faces. Round and round they go.
He's stuck because the French socialists want "the rich" to pay for "climate change" not their own butts through gas taxes. There are several problems with that. First he is trying to stick to his promise of no wealth taxes. Also the green schemes are already awash in money, more money is not going to purchase enough unicorns to power France. France has nuclear power and is already green. Finally, the main way to lower French CO2 is to take away the car keys from the peasants by taxing their gas. The climate alarmists are correct about that one thing (and only that one thing). Of course crashing the economy by overtaxing the rich is another way to lower CO2.