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The French protest climate policies

polgara said:
Greetings, Jack. :2wave:

This article was one of the most humorous - and well-written - posts I have read recently! :cool: While it did explain what's been going on with the people in France being expected to pay additional new taxes on fuel - which we have been reading about for days so the story wasn't exactly new.... the writer used humor instead to explain what the problem was! As of right now, it appears that the everyday citizens of France, have said NO to any additional new taxes, and the elite have backed down for now! :thumbs:

La France en Colere!! :lamo
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Greetings, Polgara.:2wave:

Nice touch.
 
Protests are of course about the carbon taxes which are now spreading to other countries including Netherlands and Belgium. IMO it's not just about carbon taxes although that is the main point, it's also about people in Europe waking up to the globalist agenda.
 
[h=2]The vast social and political earthquake that started in France — first mass uprising against eco-elitism[/h]
The leaderless Yellow Vest — #GiletJaunes protest against living costs is escalating in France and spreading around the world to Belgium, The Netherlands, Serbia, even Basra and Bagdad in Iraq. A Yellow Vest protest is planned for Saturday in Vancouver. The workers are fed-up with being ignored and milked for causes they don’t support, fed up with being shamed for driving cars or for voicing their concerns. On twitter both the left and right sides of politics are trying to claim ownership (though most of the left are silent, recognizing that this is driven from the provincial and rural population and aims right at their sacred cows). Oil refineries are being blockaded. Ambulance workers and firefighters have joined in. Students have aslo started to protest about education changes — blocking over 100 high schools. So far four people have been killed and 133 people injured. Shops and hotels have lost 20% or more of their revenue. They’re flipping over Porsches. Macron’s popularity is down to 23%. The protesters are now starting to cite other issues like the UN migration pact which they don’t want Macron to sign.
Even after the violence and damage over 70% of people surveyed in France support the protests.
Is it any wonder the riots started in France — one of the highest taxing nations in the world, where 48% of the national GDP churns through government coffers?
After offering a weak 6 month delay in fuel taxes, Macron has now conceded that the tax will not go ahead at all. The headline on Breitbart :”Victory: Macron Permanently Cancels Planned Fuel Tax Hike After Yellow Vest Protests”. But instead of placating the mob, the masses are asking for more and calling for more protests this weekend. Another round to come.
[h=4]Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator: It’s a profound crisis in democracy, this is about a broad anger against the political class, against the eco-orthodoxy . . . .[/h]
 
Jack Hays said:
[h=2]The vast social and political earthquake that started in France — first mass uprising against eco-elitism[/h]
The leaderless Yellow Vest — #GiletJaunes protest against living costs is escalating in France and spreading around the world to Belgium, The Netherlands, Serbia, even Basra and Bagdad in Iraq. A Yellow Vest protest is planned for Saturday in Vancouver. The workers are fed-up with being ignored and milked for causes they don’t support, fed up with being shamed for driving cars or for voicing their concerns. On twitter both the left and right sides of politics are trying to claim ownership (though most of the left are silent, recognizing that this is driven from the provincial and rural population and aims right at their sacred cows). Oil refineries are being blockaded. Ambulance workers and firefighters have joined in. Students have aslo started to protest about education changes — blocking over 100 high schools. So far four people have been killed and 133 people injured. Shops and hotels have lost 20% or more of their revenue. They’re flipping over Porsches. Macron’s popularity is down to 23%. The protesters are now starting to cite other issues like the UN migration pact which they don’t want Macron to sign.
Even after the violence and damage over 70% of people surveyed in France support the protests.
Is it any wonder the riots started in France — one of the highest taxing nations in the world, where 48% of the national GDP churns through government coffers?
After offering a weak 6 month delay in fuel taxes, Macron has now conceded that the tax will not go ahead at all. The headline on Breitbart :”Victory: Macron Permanently Cancels Planned Fuel Tax Hike After Yellow Vest Protests”. But instead of placating the mob, the masses are asking for more and calling for more protests this weekend. Another round to come.
[h=4]Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator: It’s a profound crisis in democracy, this is about a broad anger against the political class, against the eco-orthodoxy . . . .[/h]
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Greetings, Jack. :2wave:

Reading the list of grievances cited above by the French people, it appears they have pretty well covered everything that has been aggravating them for a long time, and the latest call for a fuel tax hike to fight possible future "climate change" was the final straw! :2mad: It appears that the government would have been better off had they just left well enough alone for now, but governments aren't known for being "thrifty," especially when their leaders get together to decide "what we should look at next!" hmmmmmm.....Sounds like things might get interesting in France, and maybe the rest of Europe, before too long..... :mrgreen:

Note: I just saw the news that Merkel has been replaced in Germany! :wow:
 
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I think RT is showing live footage on youtube of the yellow vests protests in France.
 
Why do people riot? They need something to riot about like maybe this:

Bjørn Lomborg

Christiana Figueres, the former United Nations official responsible for the 2015 Paris climate agreement,
has a startling vision for restaurants of the future: Anyone who wants a steak should be banished.​

That may turn out to be fake news, it does have the smell to it but then there's this quote that I've seen all over the internet:

We are setting out to intentionally change the economic model that has been reigning since the Industrial
Revolution. - - - - Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary - UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
​

And this one:

“Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse?
Isn’t it our responsibility to bring that about?” - - - - - - - Maurice Strong 1992​

These U.N. big wigs don't represent me at all.
 
Jack Hays said:
What France's Unrest Means
Scott MacDonald, The National Interest
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I don't condone the violence occurring in France but I understand it. When everyday people reach a boiling point it will blow up in some way. I truly believe if Clinton had won the presidency and continued with all the regulations and taxes Obama had strapped on people and businesses due to his Climate agenda, we would be seeing the same thing happening in the U.S..
 
[h=2]France: the streets belong to the Butchers and Bakers while the UN argues over a meanginless word[/h]
The timing is a disaster for the UN annual junket. The Yellow Vest protest has also spread to the UK now. Politicians must be tip toeing in Katowice, Poland. The Western leaders can hardly offer prime symbolic gifts for carbon action for fear of triggering similar protests at home.
As the protests grew week after week, the “crumbs” thrown to appease the crowd only made them more resolute. The people are realizing how much power they have. The normal veneer of civility holds that the police and laws keep the peace, but the truth is that if the people feel exploited and act together, any free nation can grind to halt in days.
In hours, French President Macron is set to speak to try to defuse the anger.
Craig Rucker from CFACT took time off from the UN climate folly and walked the streets with the Gilets Jaunes. This is so interesting because he is not the usual journalist observer, and he is there, not opining from afar. He says the people have taken over the streets, but the movement is being smeared as violent, though the rioting is due to radical leftists not the core protesters of the movement. One thing is for sure, everyone with any agenda will be looking for a way to own the power in this protest. . . .
 
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[h=1]Green Taxes and Yellow Vests: Global Awakening amid Climate Fearmongering[/h][FONT=&quot]Guest opinion by Vijay Jayaraj The Yellow Vest protests in France, now in their third week, have grabbed global attention. Though the French government suspended its fuel tax increase, the unrest continues. France is not the only country to introduce taxes on fossil fuels and carbon emissions. Germany, Canada, and others have their own versions.…
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[h=1]Furious Greenpeace, Oxfam Suing the French Government Over Macron’s Carbon Tax Retreat[/h][FONT=&quot]Guest essay by Eric Worrall NGOS including Oxfam and Greenpeace are furious at President Macron’s frantic retreat from yellow vest protests against higher fuel taxes. 1.7 million people have signed a petition in favor of suing France over climate-change inaction By Annabelle Timsit in Paris December 27, 2018 More than 1.7 million people have signed…
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[h=1]CNN Notices Climate Change Policies Hurt Poor People[/h][FONT=&quot]Guest essay by Eric Worrall Their prescription of course is more socialism. Why President Macron’s U-turn is a warning for climate leaders By Mark Lynas Updated 0921 GMT (1721 HKT) December 31, 2018 (CNN) The humiliation of President Emanuel Macron should be a cautionary tale for any world statesman or woman considering taking on the…
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The Anglo Saxon media continue to give a strangely muted coverage to the French Yellow Vest protests. A burning barricade by night with the cathedral of Notre Dame in the background looks impressive for five seconds on the evening news, but – violent protests in France – so what? Last Saturday a retired champion boxer … Continue reading →
 
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[h=1]French President Deploying Police Armed with High Capacity Live Ammunition Weapons to Intimidate Carbon Tax Protestors[/h][FONT=&quot]Guest essay by Eric Worrall Green globalist President Macron has deployed non specialist police armed with semi-automatic weapons with large magazines to try to intimidate yellow vest carbon tax protestors. French riot police are now using semi-automatic weapons with live ammunition against Yellow Vest protestors as Macron’s law and order crisis spirals Officers were film
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[h=1]French Doctors on Yellow Vest Carbon Tax Protestors: “Alarming” Number of Injuries[/h][FONT=&quot]Guest essay by Eric Worrall French Doctors have sounded the alarm over apparent rough treatment by security forces of yellow vest protestors marching against President Macron’s carbon tax. Doctors Say Number of Serious Injuries Inflicted on Yellow Vests Unprecedented Chris Tomlinson 23 Jan 2019 Doctors, activists and others are sounding the alarm over the number…
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