Russia and the middle East are rising along with China....all 3 key players when the crap hits the fan.
Posted on 12/02/2018 10:17:02 AM PST by Enlightened1
PARIS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Rioters ran amok across central Paris on Saturday, torching cars and buildings, looting shops, smashing windows and clashing with police in the worst unrest in more than a decade, posing a dire challenge to Emmanuel Macron's presidency.
The authorities were caught off guard by the escalation in violence after two weeks of nationwide protests against fuel taxes and living costs, known as the "yellow vest" movement after fluorescent jackets kept in all vehicles in France.
In Paris, police said they had arrested almost 300 people while 110 were injured, including 20 members of the security forces. Police fired stun grenades, tear gas and water cannon at protesters at the top of the Champs-Elysees boulevard, at the Tuilleries Garden near the Louvre museum and other sites.
In some areas there was virtually no police presence at all, as groups of masked men roamed in the shadows of the capital's fabled landmarks and through its fanciest shopping districts, smashing the windows of designer boutiques.
Macron, in Argentina for a G20 summit, said he would convene ministers to discuss the crisis upon his return on Sunday. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe cancelled a trip to Poland.
"We are in a state of insurrection, I've never seen anything like it," said Jeanne d'Hauteserre, the mayor of Paris' 8th district, near the Arc de Triomphe.
The popular rebellion erupted out of nowhere on Nov. 17 and has spread quickly via social media, with protesters blocking roads across France and impeding access to shopping malls, factories and some fuel depots.
On Saturday, some targeted the Arc de Triomphe, chanting "Macron Resign" and scrawling on the facade of the towering 19th-century arch: "The yellow vests will triumph."
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Time to bring out Madame Guillotine.
Does Paris have people defecating on the streets and sidewalks like San Francisco or Denver yet?
Public restrooms are more readily available in Paris than in American cities.
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Are these really French Patriots or are they French ANTIFA?
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They are mad as hell and are not going to take it anymore!
Are the yellow vests just angry mussies or are they true Frenchmen?
I’m purchasing a yellow vest. Just in case.
Russia and the middle East are rising along with China....all 3 key players when the crap hits the fan.
Their rents are too da*n high!
A far left populace protesting high taxes.
Go figure.
Based on all of the looting and violence, I can’t help but wonder if these rioters are of native French extraction or recently arrived immigrants of non-European lineage.
The gillets jaunes represent la pheripique France - the France of the countryside and small towns.
They’ve been severely impacted by Macron’s diesel fuel tax hikes.
Allons enfants de la Patrie!
Liberty is a heady drink! Once drank almost anything can happen. This may well be the end of the EU.
Red - the blood of angry men!
Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!
Good Grief......!
How else is the political class going to acquire wealth?
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Started with the former and later joined by the latter.
If we were to have done the same when the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriages were constitutional, we would not have had such an evil ruling. We don’t have the backbone.
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