'We Are In a State of Insurrection': Deep Inequality and Macron's Dedication to Elites Fuel Yellow Vest Uprising in France
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"The French don't want crumbs, they want a baguette."
by: Julia Conley
France's "yellow vest" protests began in mid-November over gas taxes but have grown in size and scope since then. (Photo: File—Benoit Tessier/Reuters)
After more than two weeks of protests over high fuel prices and intensifying inequality across France under centrist President Emmanuel Macron, the French government announced Tuesday that it would suspend planned price hikes for gas and electricity—but the demands of the so-called "Yellow Vest" protesters have become more broad, and more broadly embraced, as the demonstrations have swelled in size and energy.
The price increases for the utilities will be suspended for six months, said Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, but leaders of th...