| | One protester summarized the cause of grievances: climate change advocates "talk about the end of the world, we're worried about the end of the month."<ref>https://amp.france24.com/en/20181127-france-climate-yellow-vests-macron-fuel-tax-protests-nuclear-melenchon-pen-faure</ref> | | One protester summarized the cause of grievances: climate change advocates "talk about the end of the world, we're worried about the end of the month."<ref>https://amp.france24.com/en/20181127-france-climate-yellow-vests-macron-fuel-tax-protests-nuclear-melenchon-pen-faure</ref> |
| − | France is the heaviest taxed nation in Europe, with government consuming 47% of [[GDP]].<ref>Hannon, Paul (December 5, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/france-becomes-the-worlds-most-heavily-taxed-country-1544004004 France Tops OECD Table as Most Taxed Country]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 5, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/all-the-taxes-in-france-1544226179 All the Taxes in France]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018.</ref> [[Emmanuel Macron]], a relatively unknown, was recruited by the global establishment to run against a rising populist movement led by [[Marine Le Pen]] in 2017. Macron has failed to deliver on any promises and is regarded as a puppet of elitists and the [[European Union]]. Dissatisfaction with globalization and the [[War on sovereignty|loss of sovereignty]] is blamed for increasing [[poverty]] and decline of the nation.
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| | Similiar anti-globalist big government movements have appeared in a diversity of nations. including [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Serbia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Iraq]], [[Canada]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Greece]], [[Sweden]] and [[Ireland]]. | | Similiar anti-globalist big government movements have appeared in a diversity of nations. including [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Serbia]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Iraq]], [[Canada]], [[Israel]], [[Jordan]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Greece]], [[Sweden]] and [[Ireland]]. |