FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 130: POLITICAL NEWS PROTESTS CONTINUE

 

PARIS YELLOW VESTS WEEK 130 MAY 8, 2021

First some French politics this week's murder of a police officer in Avignon going after drug traffickers bringing the "law and order" debate in French politics to the forefront.     

Polling in France showing that 65 percent of the public is dissatisfied with President Emmanuel Macron's handling of crime.

The Left party in France broaching drug legalization as a solution but other parties supporting police and calling for more action to stop crime.

The traditional party of the "Right" in France Les Republicans taking that stance along with Marine Le Pen of the National Rally the woman expected to face Emmanuel Macron next April in the final round of the Presidential election.

Getting back to Les Republicans Christian Estrosi Mayor of Nice leaving LR this week clearly deciding to be a Macron backer in next year's election.   Estrosi critical of LR's positions on issues decrying them as carbon copies of Marine Le Pen's views.

The Yellow Vests coming out as spring begins to take hold in France and the number of positive COVID tests continue to fall.

The Besancon Yellow Vests out on the streets in the city near the Swiss border....

WEEK 130 YELLOW VESTS BESANCON FRANCE 5/8/2021

Yellow Vests gathered in Lille in northern France today.....

WEEK 130 YELLOW VESTS LILLE FRANCE 5/8/2021

This video from Angers in northwestern France near Nantes said to be one of Yellow Vests and ecologists rallying....

RALLY IN ANGERS FRANCE 5/8/2021

And there's this video some 19 minutes long the title notes the anniversary of end of World War II in 1945, a victory over fascism, then it talks about the present day conflict with "banking fascism"....

VICTORY AGAINST MILITARY FASCISM MAY 8 1945, FIGHT AGAINST BANKING FASCISM TODAY

And for now that is the story of the Yellow Vests in France.