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Under pressure, the French president launched inside the country to dialogue. More than 80,000 protesters took to the streets of Paris and several French cities Saturday (19/01), during the tenth consecutive weekend of demonstrations of the "yellow vest". who challenge the government of President Emmanuel Macron.
Saturday's protests against the "yellow jackets" – a name for the fluorescent traffic vest worn by drivers in their vehicles – were the first after Macron's launch of a broad national debate, a formula according to which he complaints of citizens will be channeled through dialogue rather than street demonstrations.
On Saturday, the government estimated the number of protesters at 84,000 – a figure similar to that recorded last weekend. There were more than 80,000 police on the streets. Protesters blamed the police for using force to control the marches, particularly with the help of rubber bullets.
"It's not normal to treat people the way they do.We have injuries every Saturday," said Juliette Rebet, a protestor who attended the demonstration in Paris.
The demonstrations began on November 17, with drivers being irritated by an increase in gasoline taxes, complaints against Macron's policies that, according to the "yellow jackets", only benefit the richer.
Much of the protesters' indignation stems from the fall in domestic incomes and the conviction that the president, a former investment banker deemed close to big business, is indifferent to the difficulties of the lower clbades.
In an attempt to appease the protesters, Macron launched an offensive on January 15 to discuss the country's problems with the population.
The reduction of domestic revenues feeds the protests against Macron, considered insensitive to the difficulties of the population (Photo: ERIC FEFERBERG / AFP)
"It's over! We divorce the elites and we will not be able to go back, "said Michel, a 53-year-old computer engineer and father of three, who attended the ninth weekend after the demonstrations in Paris.
But Macron's badistants say It's out of the question to change the direction of the reforms he's undertaking to liberalize the economy.
The 40-year-old centrist was elected last May for a business-friendly policy platform that includes measures to encourage business. generate jobs.
Self-proclaimed spokesmen for "yellow vests" have already discredited this national debate and called for more demonstrations. In the streets of Paris, the main attraction of the demonstrators was the resignation of Macron.
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