France's Interior Minister Christophe Castaner is being accused of spreading false information. He was forced to revoke his accusation that
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France's Interior Minister Christophe Castaner is being accused of spreading false information. He was forced to revoke his accusation that
A video of the yellow vest protests on Saturday in Paris shows demonstrators taunting police by telling them to kill themselves. The prosecutor's office in Paris has now opened an investiation to find those who might be prosecuted for a group offence toward persons exercising public authority. Police officers have been demonstrating for better working conditions, complaining that the number of police suicides has doubled since the start of the year. Commentators are appalled by the behaviour of the demonstrators.
The Ecole Nationale d'Administration (Ena) is the elite university where France's top officials are trained. President Macron now wants to close the school down, apparently in reaction to the yellow vest protests, according to a text for a televised speech Macron was to give on Monday evening that was dropped due to the
The French government is cracking down after yellow vest protests
Part of the French yellow vest protest movement have announced plans to run in the European elections in May. Ten names are already on their list, led by Ingrid Levavasseur, a nurse from Normandy and one of the movement's best-known faces. Journalists see the move as having reshuffled the cards in French politics.
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France's government wants to pass tougher demonstration laws to crack down on violence at protests. The new legislation could be modelled on the laws dealing with football hooligans. There were once again violent incidents during the yellow vest protests on Saturday. Commentators are unconvinced that the violence will end anytime soon.
The French Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner ordered the police to clear the last of the yellow vests' barricades on Monday. Only 33,000 people across the nation took part in the protests on the weekend, according to official accounts. While some commentators see the movement on its last legs, others hope it will get a second wind.
French politicians have called on the yellow vests to end their protests following the attack in Strasbourg. However, the protesters seem to be sticking to their guns and plan to demonstrate again this coming Saturday. A look at Europe's press indicates that their anger won't evaporate so quickly because it is a
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After ten days of silence on the sometimes
125,000 yellow vests took to the streets in protest across France on the weekend. The demonstrators are now not only protesting against higher fuel taxes but also demanding changes in social policy. In view of renewed violence in Paris and other cities commentators ask whether the movement has squandered its opportunity to have a real say in political decision-making.
After a crisis meeting between President Macron and his government the
French President Macron is apparently back-pedalling in the wake of the violence during protests by the
In a speech on the energy transformation on Tuesday Emmanuel Macron reacted to the demands put forward by yellow vest protesters. He proposed to base fuel tax hikes on the price of oil and launch a nationwide three-month consultation on the social aspects of the energy transformation. Will the French president be able to appease the yellow vests with this approach?