Much more than a fight of "jackets" | Chronic

@ JorgeCicu

Today, as every Saturday in recent months, the so-called "yellow vests" will reappear – with more or less violence – in the streets of Paris. A movement that began as a protest against a French government measure that raised the price of fuel and which, when reversed with this increase, has become a political group that has been demanding on the street for various reasons and who wants to end of the Presidency of Emmanuel Macron.

In Sunday newspapers, you can surely see photos of police firing tear gas and protesters with their resistant yellow vest, with the triumphal arch in the background. But what must be taken into account is that in the background, there is more, more than a protest by price increases. The yellow vests testify to an intense political struggle that covers all of Europe and also reaches our shores.

In the Old World, this shows growing tensions between nationalist forces – in this case the right – and the so-called pro-Europeans – who are bent on strengthening the European Union – which go hand in hand with the decline of dominant political forces in these countries second half of the twentieth century, Social Democracy and Christian Democrats.

On a more global level, the struggle between nationalists and liberals. This has reached such a point that it has generated a diplomatic conflict between France and Italy, two pillars of the EU. The right-wing Italian government has criticized the French for their immigration policy and has just received, in the person of the Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio, to a representation of yellow vests.

The Macron government reacted by calling Paris to its ambbadador in Italy. The Italian administration has supported the yellow jackets in its intention to present candidates for elections to the European Parliament. This difference is also visible in American problems, such as the Venezuelan crisis. If France is one of the European countries that have just recognized the provisional presidency of Juan GuaidóItaly is the visible leader of those who hesitate to do so.

So today, when we see the yellow vests go away, it is important to know that in this fact there is much more than a claim for increased fuel consumption. It is a political conflict that travels the world.