{"id":44520,"date":"2019-03-16T17:13:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T22:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=44520"},"modified":"2019-03-16T17:13:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T22:13:38","slug":"chaos-breaks-out-as-yellow-vests-clash-with-french-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=44520","title":{"rendered":"Chaos Breaks Out As Yellow Vests Clash With French Police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chaos Breaks Out\u00a0As Yellow Vests Clash With French Police<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Update:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Saturday’s Yellow Vest protests have escalated in intensity as clashes with the police grew increasingly violent. Take a look:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ready for a bit of the old ultraviolence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After weeks of more moderate protests, France’s Yellow Vests are back in full swing following the end\u00a0of President Macron’s unsuccessful ‘great debate’ – during which thousands of town halls were conducted over a two-month period in the hopes of solving national issues through citizen debates.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Up to half-a-million people participated in 10,000 meetings across the country <\/strong>to discuss social issues ranging from taxes – which the French pay the most of any OECD country in the world<\/a>, to democracy and climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have been patient but now we want results,” Yellow Vest Laurent Casanova told AFP<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with no meaningful changes after nationwide cathartic venting, the Yellow Vests are back to angry demonstrations as the protests kick off their 18th week with an ‘ultimatum’ rally<\/strong> – marked by lootings, fires, and mayhem that organizers maintain are due to a radical minority<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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