Quoting "We're not protesting for a few cents off the fuel bill. We're not protesting because we want to pay less taxes. We're protesting to be able to live decently. We're protesting because we want the taxes to be applied equally to everyone. We're protesting because 10 years ago we put ~€ 400 billion to save banks, and last year the government voted a "pact" with big companies saying "we reduce your charges by 40 billion, but you hire 1 million". They cashed in and didn't hire a single person. We're protesting because for 20 years the govt told us to "buy diesel cars, it's safer, cheaper to use,..." and now diesel is more expensive than gasoline (~€1,5/L). We're protesting because nurses have to take care of more than 50 patients at once, for less than €1200/month. We're protesting because every single law that is voted is voted in favor of the 1%. We're protesting because we're being told that "we people don't know what's good for us, but that's normal, after all we're the people, we can't understand" (govt deputy) We're protesting because mass medias are lying to our face ("did you know that there were only 120k people protesting maximum?" That's at least three times less than the real figures). We're protesting because the only measure the govt has taken until now is to freeze the fuel tax for 6 months and imprison protesters (up to 6 months of jail). We're protesting because we want to stop being fucked all day long by bosses/investors/taxes/prices/state agencies. We're protesting because we are tired of being slaved." This is not about right vs left or any of that crap, it's about workers standing up for themselves.
They're probably protesting bc Macron and his Rothschild connections didn't actually win the election... Sitting at 24% approval rating.
You clearly don't know how the 'suffrage universel works'. He won the election plain and simple.
"We're protesting because we want the taxes to be applied equally to everyone." ... "We're protesting because every single law that is voted is voted in favor of the 1%" Wat?
Translation - 1. corporations pay minimal taxes which is unfair. 2. Things like tax cuts and bank bailouts help the 1% Makes sense now?
Not at all. They have a tax structure in which the wealthy contribute a disproportionately large amount. Any move towards equality would be a law in favor of the 1%. He's asking for diametrically opposite things within the same statement.
French here. Its a bunch of nonsense. It is the result of very disorganized management of their personal finances and a feeling that the government should solve their problems for them. On the top of it a blatant disregard for ecology. I am sorry this protest makes it to the international news, it is an embarrassment to my country
No buddy, WWI and WWII were embarrassments for your country. Maybe an anglo-saxon country is needed to sort things out there.
Yeah that too. I guess we like to diversify our embarrassments
Cab drivers are the shittiest of people
Any protest for the mass immigration there ?
They are protesting the immigration there.
Is France a socialist country?
No.
Yes. They have the second highest tax in the world. They are completely socialist.
Don’t they know that the climate is changing and that humans can dictate whether the earth warms or cools via fuel taxes and carbon credits? Silly French.
TL;DR We are protesting for lower taxes on fuel, but we also want renewable fuel sources #Irony
Not really, lots of protesters are against electric cars. Its mostly the French version of MAGA
Reverse the wealth tax and make the rich pay for new green infrastructure.
In b4 the media turns on them and say the protestors were whipped up by Russian propaganda.
They watched too much TYT channel.
That’s a Soros supported channel and doesn’t care about workers.
Actually, no. The French protesters would be more MAGA supporters here.