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Macron on the Brink: Water Cannon, Tear Gas, and Stun Grenades as ‘Yellow Jackets’
Breitbart ^ | 1 Dec 2018 | Jack Montgomery

Posted on 12/01/2018 9:02:14 AM PST by mandaladon

Macron on the Brink: Water Cannon, Tear Gas, and Stun Grenades as ‘Yellow Jackets’ Storm Security Cordons(Full Title)

Riot police have deployed water cannon, tear gas, and stun grenades against protesters on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France, as the “Yellow Jackets” stage their third major rally against President Emmanuel Macron’s “green” tax hikes on fuel.

The clashes on the famous avenue leading to Napoleon Bonaparte’s iconic Arc de Triomphe come as Macron is in Argentina for the G20, threatening to disrupt a planned trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc over a disagreement with Brazil’s new president Jair Bolsonaro — dubbed the “Trump of the Tropics” — over a disagreement on climate change.

The globalist poster boy’s “green” policies are running into substantial opposition at home, however, with the “Yellow Jackets” movement which has united the anti-establishment left with the populist right in a loose, seemingly leaderless coalition in defence of the French working class bringing the presidency of the man who once boasted he would govern “like Jupiter” to the brink.

Over a hundred people have already been arrested, with the authorities complaining of around 1,500 “agitators” among the protesters.

“There’s a lot of incitement on social media and we are expecting excess and violence,” remarked David Michaux, of the UNSA Police union.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agw; carbontax; carbontaxes; emmanuelmacron; energy; europe; europeanunion; france; frenchrevolution; fuel; giletsjaunes; globalwarming; localnews; macron; taxes
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1 posted on 12/01/2018 9:02:14 AM PST by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

My son is there today, He says it was a lovely day at the riots.


2 posted on 12/01/2018 9:16:31 AM PST by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: mandaladon

Macron is a symptom of an effeminate Europe that has no interest in letting the traditional European population control the Continent’s destiny. Macron should study some history. Things don’t go well for French leaders who disregard the will of the little folk.


3 posted on 12/01/2018 9:19:03 AM PST by grania ("You don't give power to an angry left wing mob")
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To: grania

Too many European leaders without children.


4 posted on 12/01/2018 9:20:23 AM PST by Freee-dame (Best election ever! 2016)
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To: mandaladon

The common folks in all three countries, France, Germany and England are all feeling election remorse. They shouldn’t because IMHO, these three leaders were placed in office by the bankster globalist cabal to do their bidding and not that of the common folks. All three countries need a Trump like leader if their respective countries are to be saved from the NWO pukes.


5 posted on 12/01/2018 9:20:31 AM PST by drypowder
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To: mandaladon
"Macron has sought to douse the anger by promising three months of nationwide talks on how best to transform France into a low-carbon economy without penalising the poor.

He also vowed to slow the rate of increase in fuel taxes if international oil prices rise too rapidly but only after a tax hike due in January." linky


6 posted on 12/01/2018 9:21:11 AM PST by aspasia
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To: mandaladon

But the difference is that these fires are coming from smelly actually French people protesting the government, not smelly muslims burning cars to stake out their territory, correct?


7 posted on 12/01/2018 9:35:15 AM PST by Bernard (We will stop calling you fake news when you stop being fake news.)
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To: drypowder
...France, Germany and England

MFGA
MDGA
MEGA

When countries relearn properly how to love themselves,
and their people,
They relearn how to properly love other countries,
and their people

Re-balancing Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself
Although it would be better still if they first
relearned how to Love The Lord Thy God
Seek First The Kingdom Of God

The Banks are Amoral at best, and Satanic at worst

8 posted on 12/01/2018 9:39:24 AM PST by HangnJudge
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To: HangnJudge

True.


9 posted on 12/01/2018 9:44:04 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (:¬| Beep beep....boop boop)
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To: HangnJudge

Rendre la France grande à nouveau - RFGN
Deutschland wieder großartig machen - DWGM


10 posted on 12/01/2018 9:45:04 AM PST by HangnJudge
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To: samadams2000

Does he get the hint from them when it explodes into a full scale civil war?

I hear this is going on all over France.


11 posted on 12/01/2018 9:47:16 AM PST by crz
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authorities complaining of around 1,500 “agitators” among the protesters.

Don't just hate it when those danged "agitators" join a protest? /s

12 posted on 12/01/2018 9:47:19 AM PST by ImpBill (Conservative little "l" libertarian)
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To: mandaladon
Muslims repeatedly burn cars all over Paris: no official response, nothing to see here.

Frenchmen burn cars in sections of Paris: riot police, water cannons, tear gas.

13 posted on 12/01/2018 9:51:10 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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Some citizens who actually pay the bills get upset at the loony leftist greenie BS....


14 posted on 12/01/2018 9:51:36 AM PST by TnTnTn
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To: samadams2000

How awful!

Those protesters just want a better life.

Or something.


15 posted on 12/01/2018 9:57:23 AM PST by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: mandaladon

Somebody removed this link from front page news.


16 posted on 12/01/2018 10:02:38 AM PST by aspasia
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To: crz

He just seems to double down. Also may spread to other EU countries.


17 posted on 12/01/2018 10:08:20 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (:¬| Beep beep....boop boop)
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To: pepsi_junkie
"Muslims repeatedly burn cars all over Paris: no official response, nothing to see here.

Frenchmen burn cars in sections of Paris: riot police, water cannons, tear gas. "

My thought exactly... If I wasn't so dang old, I might have beaten you to the post...{:-)

18 posted on 12/01/2018 10:13:18 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
All it will take is when they fire on the protests with live ammo.

Guess who did that during the last revolution in France? It was the French general who came to the aid of G Washington from France. Little known fact.

The common people were holding a type of peaceful gathering and Lafayette led a troop of soldiers and commanded them to fire upon the people killing a good many. The whole dam thing exploded after that.

19 posted on 12/01/2018 10:14:14 AM PST by crz
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To: crz

Very interesting. Thanks.


20 posted on 12/01/2018 10:20:32 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (:¬| Beep beep....boop boop)
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