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An unusual type of tourism divided on Sunday (2), in the region of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, with the crowd in the sun, rainy, hurrying to the Avenue des Champs-Elysees for take off
The small photogenic landscape was the result of the action, but it was the result of the action, on the eve of a minor segment of "yellow vests", the protesters who, wearing the mandatory accessory on vehicles traveling in France, took streets and country roads three Saturdays to demand the repeal of the adjustment of a fuel tax –
Sunday, Back from the G20 meeting in Argentina, President Emmanuel Macron asked Prime Minister, Édouard Philippe, to welcome the "arelos" and the opposition, which should occur in the second (3) .
On the third day of the mobilization, according to figures updated by the Interior Ministry on Sunday, 136,000 people protested, a little less than the 166,000 a week earlier. But the number of wounded has increased exponentially: this time 263 this time against 16 the 24.
In addition, one person died in Arles (south-east), in a blockade caused by a roadblock caused by the "yellow vests". the third accidental death in the margin of the movement.
Just in Paris on December 1, police arrested 412 people (a record, according to the company), of whom 378 were still in custody Sunday night. There were also 249 fires, including at least 130 involving street furniture.
The next day, the bow, still closed to the public after being invaded and looted, was stripped of inscriptions such as "yellow vests". "triumph", and "heads have already been cut for less than that" (a nod to the fate of royalty at the French Revolution), the trail of destruction in the neighborhood was still very visible.
On Kleber Avenue, small, masked and armed groups of
On the facade of one of the five-star hotels in the area, one can read phrases such as "this is not a problem". "is not a revolution, it's an insurrection" and "we're right, revolt."
"People are protesting because they want to pay less taxes." They do not realize, however, that degradation will be reflected in their pocket, "said Anne Blanckaert, a 39-year-old tax advisor.
A block away, dozens of people testify to the towing of an incinerated van. "It was shocking yesterday," said Italian economist Filippo Gori, 38, who has been living in the area for three years. "There was an emptiness of authority, the city seemed to be looted, abandoned, something will have to change, the government can not ignore what is happening."
On the way back to the city. Arc de Triomphe, the relationship is crossed with two men who do not know each other, but who, in front of a building covered with inscriptions like "Babylone burns" "The people's self-defense" and "Paris belongs to us" exchange their points of view of recent events.
"I am not surprised, I see around me arrogant millionaires and, at the same time, increasing precariousness," says educator Etienne, 48, who prefers not to give his last name. "But this draws my attention to the mistrust of the protesters towards intermediaries, whether it is trade unions or political parties, I deplore the explosion of violence, but I can to understand. "
The 41-year-old Said, who does not give his last name, refers to" political, social, generational violence, crystallized by unemployment, into social benefits. "
" J & # 39 I would like to question politicians about this type of violence, and that the energy transition [para fontes menos ou não poluentes, que o governo quer financiar com a taxa sobre combustíveis] was opposed by big companies and not by the people who depend on their cars, "he explains.
In the neighboring avenues, in addition to the destroyed windows, two of the most recurrent images are the expressions "poor" and "enough to loot the people" on the walls and facades.
The alleged disconnection of Macron with the popular clbades is one of the motives of the manifestations, by which different channels –
In this sense, the fact that one of the first steps of the president to badume , in 2017, the revocation of the tax on fortunes certainly did not serve to mitigate the annoyance of segments of French society.
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