Ghosts of Christmas Present: Macron’s Ongoing Yellow Vest Nightmare
December 15th was Act Five for the popular Yellow Vest revolt against poverty in France, but it was not the finale. The movement remains vibrant and determined, especially in the big Southern towns such as Toulouse and Bordeaux, and its effects are considerable, with pre-Christmas commerce heavily hit, privatized motorway companies losing tens of millions of euros, and images of burning cars and smashed bank windows on the Champs Elysées tarnishing President Emmanuel Macron’s image as 21st Century European capitalism’s blue-eyed boy.
