Violence erupted across France a number of weeks ago, with the protests firing up originally over the rising cost of fuel in the country. But…
Violence erupted across France a number of weeks ago, with the protests firing up originally over the rising cost of fuel in the country. But despite the prices being dropped again, the riots have only escalated, with violence and vandalism running rife as other concerns of the French people rose to the fore.
Now President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership is hanging by a rather thin thread as he faces a vote of no confidence in his administration on Thursday in parliament, according to Express UK. Leftist MEPs have labeled the vote as the culmination of “18 months of fiscal injustice” and called on Macron to “radically change direction.”
The Yellow Vest protests erupted on November 17, almost a month ago, in response to Macron’s taxes on diesel. The French president implemented the taxes in what he dubbed a necessary move to prevent climate change and to protect the environment, in the hopes that more citizens would be persuaded to use more environmentally friendly transportation.
