Government will not receive representatives of "yellow vests"

Development. While the movement of "yellow vests" has eight representatives Monday, the government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux announced on Franceinfo, Tuesday, November 27, that the government will not receive them, "In the current state of discussions".

The "yellow vests" have more work to do before being heard. Asked this morning on Franceinfo, Benjamin Griveaux announced: the government will not receive representatives of the movement. At least for the moment.

No discussion for the time

"In the current state of discussions, this is not the case". The government spokesperson was very clear. No reception of "yellow vests" but a door left ajar, "Once they are organized, there will be no more contestation". "But I also want this dialogue to be useful, the concrete results will be the territories"he continued. The day before, the movement of "yellow vests" had published a statement on social networks, in which he presented his eight representatives.

"Citizens' Assembly" and "popular referendum"

Among them are two initiators of the movement: Priscilla Ludosky, author of a petition against the increase in fuel taxes, and Éric Drouet, a truck driver from Seine-et-Marne, who had launched the idea of a national mobilization of "yellow vests" Saturday, November 17. The other six "Communicating" designated are from several departments: Côtes-d'Armor, Bouches-du-Rhône, Charente, Pyrénées-Orientales, Aube and Haute-Garonne.

Yellow vests announce the creation of a national delegation made up of eight spokespeople pic.twitter.com/gtlamSClRg

– BFMTV (@BFMTV) November 26, 2018

After consulting its supporters on Facebook, the social network where the mobilization is the most active, the delegation had formulated in its press release "Two main propositions" to the government: "Downgrade all taxes" and the "Creation of a citizens' badembly" to discuss various themes such as the ecological transition, the evolution of purchasing power, precariousness. The objective is to ensure "Taking into account the voice of citizens" and to submit the ideas that emerge "To a popular referendum".

"We must change our methods"

As the movement grows and continues, the executive continues to undermine. Government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux said on Monday that Emmanuel Macron had described "Scenes of war" clashes on Sunday on the Champs-Elysees, where the Minister of Public Accounts, Gerald Darmanin, spoke of a "Brown plague" in a rather unwelcome parallel. "There is a France that has not found its place in European history, in globalization. A France that has been hit by the phenomena of deindustrialization ", acknowledged Benjamin Griveaux, while calling to stay "Intractable" It front of "Breakers".

Yellow Vests: Benjamin Griveaux describes "scenes of war" in Paris pic.twitter.com/HTbTK504UG

– BFMTV (@BFMTV) November 26, 2018