{"id":41178,"date":"2018-12-02T10:41:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T15:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41178"},"modified":"2018-12-02T10:41:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T15:41:23","slug":"france-in-chaos-macron-considers-state-of-emergency-amid-yellow-vest-protests-all-options-considered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=41178","title":{"rendered":"France In Chaos;\u00a0Macron Considers State Of Emergency Amid &#8220;Yellow Vest&#8221; Protests; &#8220;All Options&#8221; Considered"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"layout-featured\" role=\"complementary\">\n<div class=\"region region-header\">\n<div id=\"block-views-block-contributors-block-1\" class=\"views-element-container block block-views block-views-blockcontributors-block-1\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"view view-contributors view-id-contributors view-display-id-block_1 js-view-dom-id-78b65b6ef71f775e6e5a53bd199e9cb8ac9bb093cd97705d5ee6d224de50ac58\">\n<div class=\"view-content\">\n<div class=\"views-row\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-contributor-article node--view-mode-teaser\" role=\"article\">\n<div class=\"teaser-text\">\n<h3 class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-12-02\/france-chaos-macron-considers-state-emergency-amid-yellow-jacket-protests-all\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\">France In Chaos;\u00a0Macron Considers State Of Emergency Amid &#8220;Yellow Vest&#8221; Protests; &#8220;All Options&#8221; Considered<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"layout-content\">\n<div class=\"region region-header\">\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1130\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1130\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron will hold an emergency meeting of senior ministers on Sunday following the worst unrest Paris has seen in a decade on Saturday. Government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux told France&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Europe 1<\/em>\u00a0radio that\u00a0<strong>a state of emergency may be imposed<\/strong> to prevent &#8220;<strong>serious outbursts of violence<\/strong>&#8221; after thousands of masked &#8220;Yellow Vest&#8221; protesters fought with police, and\u00a0set fires to cars, houses and banks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           cards-multimedia\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 56.2500%\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset MediaCard-mediaPlaceholder NaturalImage NaturalImage--fill js-playableMediaInterstitial\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterallenparis\/status\/1068894531662348288\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video_thumb\/1068894329333313536\/pu\/img\/y_mRPr_qqJ325plW?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"Embedded video\" data-image=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/ext_tw_video_thumb\/1068894329333313536\/pu\/img\/y_mRPr_qqJ325plW\" data-scribe=\"element:poster_image\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterallenparis\/status\/1068894531662348288\" data-tweet-id=\"1068894531662348288\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar  Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peterallenparis\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Peter Allen (screen name: peterallenparis)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/861226174252560385\/3Dt9aED__normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/861226174252560385\/3Dt9aED__bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/861226174252560385\/3Dt9aED__normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Jeu de Paume &#8211; one of best art galleries in Paris &#8211; is on fire. A mob is storming through the Tuleries Garden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe id=\"fitvid828682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_zCMNuErc8s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Griveaux said that around 1,000 and 1,500 protesters joined Saturday&#8217;s demonstrations &#8220;only to fight with the police, to break and loot,&#8221; and that the violent element &#8220;have nothing to do with the yellow vests&#8221; (aside from wearing yellow vests?).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/paris%20cars.JPG?itok=PtB2022L\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/paris%20cars.JPG?itok=PtB2022L\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/paris%20cars.JPG\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/paris%20cars.JPG?itok=PtB2022L 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"304\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"0a5e1c3c-ae8c-41f8-901d-11f81deba5a0\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/hey%20there.jpg?itok=OwF5fW6G\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/hey%20there.jpg?itok=OwF5fW6G\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/hey%20there.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/hey%20there.jpg?itok=OwF5fW6G 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"b52c5db0-e690-40b4-88bc-1b7086c8d8a9\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators on Saturday were filmed destroing a police van and other vehicles, while other videos showed burning cars and police firing tear gas to break up the protests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid688645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E3jMdJNC7tc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/hey%20guys.jpg?itok=wSlRoBUm\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/hey%20guys.jpg?itok=wSlRoBUm\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/hey%20guys.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/hey%20guys.jpg?itok=wSlRoBUm 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"297\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"d99a01b3-7580-4eb3-9a10-b9c374f24014\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/_104585452_5b24cce1-fb2d-453d-b575-1a9e84c79e97.jpg?itok=yIogX8zs\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/_104585452_5b24cce1-fb2d-453d-b575-1a9e84c79e97.jpg?itok=yIogX8zs\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/_104585452_5b24cce1-fb2d-453d-b575-1a9e84c79e97.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/_104585452_5b24cce1-fb2d-453d-b575-1a9e84c79e97.jpg?itok=yIogX8zs 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"a1c98dff-e1cf-4ecc-96be-bc6b8b21fc62\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The reported size of the protest has varied between 36,000 and 75,000 yellow vests, while last week saw\u00a0over 110,000 protesters at the\u00a0Champs-Elys\u00e9es in central Paris. Over 400 arrests were made and 113 injured in Saturday&#8217;s unrest which began three weeks ago over a hike in diesel taxes, but has\u00a0<strong>grown to a general protest of Macron and his government.\u00a0<\/strong>Macron&#8217;s popularity rating has plummeted to just 26%, while opinion polls for the 2019 parliament elections predict that right-wing Marine Le Pen&#8217;s Nationall Rally party will be level &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-eu-parliament-france\/french-far-right-overtakes-macron-in-eu-parliament-election-poll-idUSKCN1N904J\">or far ahead<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; from\u00a0Macron&#8217;s\u00a0La R\u00e9publique En Marche.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France In Chaos;\u00a0Macron Considers State Of Emergency Amid &#8220;Yellow Vest&#8221; Protests; &#8220;All Options&#8221; Considered French President Emmanuel Macron will hold an emergency meeting of senior ministers on Sunday following the worst unrest Paris has seen in a decade on Saturday. Government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux told France&#8217;s\u00a0Europe 1\u00a0radio that\u00a0a state of emergency may be imposed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15342,333,2510,23307,4318],"class_list":["post-41178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-emmanuel-macron","tag-france","tag-paris","tag-yellow-vest-protest","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41179,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41178\/revisions\/41179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}