in Paris, the yellow vests are back
Caroline Baudry (on site), edited by Gauthier Delomez
They are back on the street on Saturday. Yellow vests gathered at Paris this January 7, four and a half years after the start of a demonstration that was to become weekly. Many of these French people met by Europe 1 were there, in November 2018, at the time to protest against the carbon tax on fuels and the 80 km/h limit on the roads. In 2023, inflation and pension reform will once again inflame debates.
Place d’Italie, in the 13th arrondissement of the capital, demonstrators came with the same yellow vest, some hanging on their backpacks. Several hundred people walked the boulevards, prohibited by as many police forces.
Chapter 2 of the yellow vests
If their number is less than four and a half years ago, their fight is identical. “Today’s demands are the same as four years ago. They are even more detailed since the situation has deteriorated. People no longer have the means to feed themselves, to house themselves, to neat”, a participant explains at the microphone of Europe 1. Another yellow vest evokes “a much more rooted, deep and visceral hatred of (Emmanuel) Macron”.
The rejection of the president’s policies is a reason for most protesters to join the movement this Saturday. “We are here against the high cost of living, against the pension reform, against everything that Emmanuel Macron does”, opines a participant in the Parisian rally. “It’s very difficult for everyone, and from the moment we have the capacity and the possibility of issuing a critical opinion, it must be done”, further estimates a manifesto at the microphone of Europe 1.
It is chapter 2 of the Yellow Vests which begins this Saturday, January 7, affirms one of the historical representatives of the movement. The arrival of the demonstrators is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Bercy, in front of the Ministry of the Economy, as a symbol.