My little experience with people demonstrating is that there is more to it than most of us think.

I guess this annoncement about extra tax on gasoline, was the thing that made the boble explode.

Markus

Oh man :oops:

Great thread. I admire how it hasn't evolved into a flame war given the current political situation in the media and on the internet in general.

Just wait :)

Oh I dont know, France could be burning to the ground, massive protests, their leaders the target of assassins and terrorists. But wouldn't ya know it the focus is on, Trump, his lack of decorum and the size of his hands. You know, things that REALLY matter. I don't expect to hear much from the peanut gallery.

Says the only guy who has brought up Trump in this thread.

I was playing trumps the other day. Does that count?

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Says the only guy who has brought up Trump in this thread.


Whoops, my mistake we got a winner!

I'm sure Perrriss had less problems with fires if they just raked their floors better, like they do in Finnland ;)
Rake France great again. Maybe Dowly can elaborate..

I've no idea what you're talking about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WirztkuHh_M

Macron announced a string of measures intended to assuage protesters’ anger over the rising fuel prices, including a system to adjust taxes depending on the cost of crude oil, and a “national consultation on ecological and social transition”.

Where does that leave ‘Yellow Vest’ protesters?
Angry, that’s where. Macron’s concessions failed to impress the movement’s leaders, who swiftly called for fresh protests on the famous Champs-Élysées Avenue in Paris on Saturday.


“People feel like their opinion doesn’t count, that’s the message that’s being sent,” said Priscilla Ludosky, one of two Yellow Vest representatives who met with Ecology Minister François de Rugy on Tuesday


Is there public support for the protests?
Overwhelming support. According to a poll published by OpinionWay on Wednesday, 66 percent of respondents said they backed the Yellow Vest protests, while 78 percent said Macron’s proposals to help defray the rising cost of fuel were “insufficient”. A survey published last week by opinion research firm Ifop reached similar results, with 66 percent of those questioned stating they had a “favourable view” of the movement. The movement has also taken hold in France’s overseas territories. Life on the tiny Indian Ocean island of Réunion has been nearly paralysed by the protests, which have forced some schools and businesses to close. Overseas Territories Minister Annick Girardin arrived in Réunion on Wednesday, where she met for over an hour with Yellow Vest protesters angry over the high cost of living and widespread unemployment, which has reached 24 percent on the island.

:/\\chop



What the hell is “national consultation on ecological and social transition” ?????

https://www.france24.com/en/20181128...hange-philippe

Yeah, but if we are going to counter global warming/climate change, we have to burn less fossil fuels, and the only way to really slow down consumption is to make it more expensive, with taxes. I don't get it, why are the French opposing saving the planet?

Adopt what greener forms of transport? Maybe I was wrong, maybe French President Moron is an idiot.

https://capx.co/frances-fuel-protest...rons-failings/

And just what the hell does “national consultation on ecological and social transition” mean ????? Was there something lost in translation?

And what about this?

What rise in global oil prices? I thought it is somewhere down in the $50 per barrel range?