Amid growing calls for him to end the “yellow vest” crisis gripping France, President Emmanuel Macron will address the nation Monday as the authorities assess the cost of weeks of anti-government demonstrations.
Macron will speak to the French people at 7 pm GMT, his office announced – the embattled leader’s first public comments after four weeks of nationwide anti-government demonstrations that again turned violent Saturday in Paris and other cities.
The president, who has been the target of protesters’ anger over policies that are perceived to favor the wealthy, was expected to announce “immediate and concrete measures” to address the crisis, said Labour Minister Muriel Penicaud.
The 40-year-old president will also meet trade unionists and business leaders earlier Monday.
Officials said anti-Macron riots in Paris Saturday had been less violent than the previous week, with fewer people injured, but damage to property across the capital was far worse.
Burned-out vehicles littered the streets in several neighborhoods Sunday as cleaners swept up the broken glass from smashed shop windows and bus stops.
“There was much more dispersion [of protesters], so many more places were impacted,” Paris Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire told France Inter radio.
“There was much more damage.”
– with reporting by Agence France-Presse
MACRON SHOULD CRACK DOWN HARD WITH A MILITARY PRESENCE AND CURFEWS 24/7 HARSH PUNISHMENT ETC. THATS WHAT I WANT . AND THAT WILL FOR SURE DRIVE THIS SOB FROM OFFICE. VIVA LA REVOLUTTION’!
MACRON SHOULD CRACK DOWN HARD WITH A MILITARY PRESENCE AND CURFEWS 24/7 HARSH PUNISHMENT ETC. THATS WHAT I WANT . AND THAT WILL FOR SURE DRIVE THIS SOB FROM OFFICE. VIVA LA REVOLUTTION’!
And what do you think he has been doing? Look so long as you are working within a structure that allows 1% of the population to run off with all of the wealth of the country, while everyone else freezes and starves to death in the dark there is going to be trouble. This is a repeat of the conditions that created the French Revolution. Macron at least realizes the danger and he also realizes that using more force will only lead to a similar revolution and believe me when i tell you , you can`t supply enough police goons to contain the rage of 67 million Frenchmen. The streets will run red with the blood of the 1%. No doubt some people are working on new and improved versions of the Guillotine in their backyards as we speak.. Macron knows this so he is not going to be so foolish as to impliment your advice.
There is also the danger that this movement if not nipped in the bud could spread to the rest of the Western World. The present system of austerity for the 99% and a free pass for the 1% is unsustainable. People are rightfully ticked off and getting angrier by the day. It certainly will not be the first time in the history of the world where the working stiffs downed tools and picked up their pitchforks and had at the wealthy and priveliged.
And what do you think he has been doing? Look so long as you are working within a structure that allows 1% of the population to run off with all of the wealth of the country, while everyone else freezes and starves to death in the dark there is going to be trouble. This is a repeat of the conditions that created the French Revolution. Macron at least realizes the danger and he also realizes that using more force will only lead to a similar revolution and believe me when i tell you , you can`t supply enough police goons to contain the rage of 67 million Frenchmen. The streets will run red with the blood of the 1%. No doubt some people are working on new and improved versions of the Guillotine in their backyards as we speak.. Macron knows this so he is not going to be so foolish as to impliment your advice.
There is also the danger that this movement if not nipped in the bud could spread to the rest of the Western World. The present system of austerity for the 99% and a free pass for the 1% is unsustainable. People are rightfully ticked off and getting angrier by the day. It certainly will not be the first time in the history of the world where the working stiffs downed tools and picked up their pitchforks and had at the wealthy and priveliged.