FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 187: FUEL PRICES SOAR, MACRON WARNS ABOUT POLITICAL 'CHAOS' POLICE KILLING CONDEMNED

 

(MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES INCLUDING BFM-TV AND FRANCE 24 USED IN THIS POST)

   YELLOW VESTS GATHER TO PROTEST IN PARIS SATURDAY 6/11/2022

As the Left in France hopes for a first round electoral win tomorrow, the Left was on the attack in the last week condemning the actions of police who shot and killed a woman in a car.

The incident in Paris happened when the woman refused a police order to stop her vehicle.

President Emmanuel Macron in a fearful mode with his election speaking Thursday warning against "extremists" and a "French chaos" to go along with the "World chaos".  Macron's remarks aimed at his opponents in the legislative elections from both the "NUPRES" coalition of the Left and the National Rally.

Fuel prices continue to rise in Europe in spite of government subsidies to keep them lower.

In France the price of a gallon of diesel the most commonly used vehicle fuel rose by more than 54 US cents a gallon.

The first round of the legislative elections tomorrow and the second a week from tomorrow.

In Paris today the vests again in the streets as they gathered signs including one protesting President Emmanuel Macron's vision of  'pension reform' which would take dozens of pensions in France and consolidate them in a new system seen as a cut in pension benefits.    Also in the "pension reform" scheme is the raising of France's liberal retirement age.

A host of flags and banners in Paris today as the Yellow Vests procession set off and you can see the procession in this long form video 56 minutes and 29 seconds long.

Bullhorns and drums beating during the parade some yellow smoke released into the air during the procession...PARIS YELLOW VESTS WEEK 187 SATURDAY 6/11/2022

In southwestern France protest in Pau today with some folks wearing Yellow Vests.   

This protest opposing any return of the vaccine passport or any more vaccine mandates in France...

For now that's the story of France and the Yellow Vests for this week.

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