A ‘yellow vest’ rerun? Anti-Macron protests could harden

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Protests against the government’s special constitutional provision have been angrier in the past two months. Read more at straitstimes.com.

known as article 49.3, to sweep aside parliamentary opposition to the reform have been angrier than anything seen over the past two months.

“It’s a social law of physics,” said Mr Jean-Marie Pernot, a political scientist specialising in trade unions. It was only with the imposition of restrictions on movement brought about by the Covid crisis that the movement’s actions were brought to a halt.“There may be tougher action ahead, more serious and further-reaching,” warned Mr Fabrice Coudour, a leading energy sector representative for the hard-left CGT Union.10,000 tonnes of trash in strike-hit Paris streetsThey resisted attempts by left-wing politicians and unions to harness the movement’s energy for their own ends.

 

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