The "yellow vests" walk against Macron again

The "yellow vests" occur in Paris and in other French cities like Rouen March twenty-first against the economic policy of President Emmanuel Macron.

The Macron government again banned mergers on the Champs-Elysees, as well as in front of the National Assembly and the Elysee Palace, and reinforced surveillance in subway and train stations, after the looting and destruction perpetrated by about 1,500 "ultra violent" on March 16th.

The event, organized under the slogan "Yellow jackets are the democracy of tomorrow", also demands justice in the fiscal, social and environmental fields.

The demonstrations began in November 2018 to protest against rising prices of naphtha, but then spread to other social areas. Even the "yellow vests" they demanded the resignation of the president Macron.

"Macron, get out of here!", Launched hundreds of "yellow vests" in the city of Rouen. "Destitution Macron", reads a sign in Paris, according to the AFP news agency.

This Saturday, the "vests" will try to stop the decreased movement, more and more visible for nearly five months: they went from 282,000 people gathered throughout France on November 17, during their first Saturday of mobilization, to 33 700 the week finally, 4,000 of them in Paris, according to figures from the French Ministry of the Interior.

To cope with the move – the worst Macron crisis since coming to power in May 2017 – the government has launched an earlier "great national debate", with the celebration of 10,000 local meetings and the opening of some 16,000" claims books "that have helped to collect complaints from citizens, although without convincing the "vests" to give up their protests every Saturday.

Among the demands of the citizens are the improved purchasing power, more social justice and tax, but also the recognition of the white vote, a small number of parliamentarians or a referendum of shared initiative, according to data obtained by the AFP.

The French Presidency has confirmed that Macron will announce the first measures in mid-April. But the president must still overcome the skepticism of the public opinion: according to a recent survey, 68% of French think that the views expressed they are not taken into account and 79% think the big debate will not solve the current political crisis.