Originally posted by seanD
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Here's wikipedia's bullet point summary of the yellow vest protests:
Caused by:
Goals:
- Rise in crude oil prices in 2018[29]
- Fuel tax[30]
- Traffic enforcement cameras[31]
- Austerity measures[32]
- 2017 wealth tax repeal[33]
- Globalization[34]
- Classism[35]
- Neoliberalism[36]
Goals:
- Increase in the French minimum wage[37]
- End to austerity measures[38]
- Improved standard of living[38]
- Government transparency and accountability[38]
- Improved government services for rural areas[38]
- Constitutional proposal for Citizens' initiative referendum, including constitutional, legislative, abrogative, and recall initiatives[39]
People hated Macron for a long list of reasons, mainly because he was doing a whole host of unpopular right-wing things, and the things they wanted from his government were mostly leftist things, hence the protests. To try and blame it on the Paris Accords is rather silly.
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