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Protesters protesting the rise in the price of gasoline and the loss of purchasing power confront the police on Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris this morning (1).
Dressed in yellow jackets, a group of about 150 people tried to force the blockade mounted by the security forces to carry out checks and identifications, which prompted soldiers to retaliate against him. using tear gas canisters.
Protesters demand from the government that it waive the new tax that will apply from January to diesel and gasoline – a point on which the French government remained firm at this day. The administration is calling for an ecological emergency to justify its measures on fuels.
Confused, the government is unable to dialogue with representatives of the movement born in social networks, independent of any political or trade union command
] Macron said Thursday (30) in Buenos Aires, where he participated in the G20 summit, that he wanted to respond to the legitimate irritation and suffering of part of the population with "additional decisions in the weeks and months to come ", but that there will be no turning back.
Protesters in yellow jackets are protesting against the Macron government's tax hike on Saturday (1), on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris. – Photo: Kamil Zihnioglu / AP
Demonstrations of a social revolt that does not falter are planned. Demonstrations are planned in other cities of the country, as in the emblematic port of Marseille and in the French overseas territories
The movement is already beginning to surpbad the borders of France. A hundred Belgian "yellow vests" also appeared on Friday (30) in Brussels
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