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The '''Yellow vest''' (also '''Yellow jacket''', ''French '''gilets-jaunes''''' pron. zhee-lay zhon) '''movement''' began as a popular anti-[[carbon tax]] movement in [[France]] in response to [[globalist]] [[climate change]] agreements. The tax hike is part of France’s long-term [[ecology|ecological]] plan to move the country away from [[fossil fuel]]s.<ref>https://amp.france24.com/en/20181116-france-yellow-vest-diesel-tax-protest-right-left-political-parties</ref> Per the [[Paris Climate Agreement]], the government imposed an 8 cent per gallon tax increase on [[gasoline]].<ref>https://m.dw.com/en/france-suspends-fuel-tax-hike-for-6-months-to-quell-protests/a-46570630</ref> At least 6 people were killed, hundreds injured, and over 4,000 arrested in protests. The movement has attracted support across the [[political spectrum]].  

The '''Yellow vest''' (also '''Yellow jacket''', ''French '''gilets-jaunes''''' pron. zhee-lay zhon) '''movement''' began as a popular anti-[[carbon tax]] movement in [[France]] in response to [[globalist]] [[climate change]] agreements. The tax hike is part of France’s long-term [[ecology|ecological]] plan to move the country away from [[fossil fuel]]s.<ref>https://amp.france24.com/en/20181116-france-yellow-vest-diesel-tax-protest-right-left-political-parties</ref> Per the [[Paris Climate Agreement]], the government imposed an 8 cent per gallon tax increase on [[gasoline]].<ref>https://m.dw.com/en/france-suspends-fuel-tax-hike-for-6-months-to-quell-protests/a-46570630</ref> At least 6 people were killed, hundreds injured, and over thousands arrested in protests. The movement has attracted support across the [[political spectrum]].  

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>

In the Macron administration's search to blame the leaderless protests, which span the political spectrum, on an [[ideological]] faction, an early [[Facebook]] organizer who describes himself as a [[pacifist]] was arrested. His November 2018 Facebook posting, that proposed a protest against the government global warming tax, went viral and catapulted him to the [[mainstream media]]'s honorific title as "spokesman." During the seventh week of protests, Eric Drouet was arrested and charged with carry a stick of wood in his backpack and leading a mob intent on violence.<ref>https://m.huffingtonpost.fr/2018/12/22/gilets-jaunes-eric-drouet-place-en-garde-a-vue-a-paris_a_23625285/?utm_hp_ref=fr-eric-drouet&ncid=other_homepage_tiwdkz83gze&utm_campaign=mw_entry_recirc</ref> His arrest spurned cries of "[[dictatorship]]" and "[[totalitarianism]]."

In the Macron administration's search to blame the leaderless protests, which span the political spectrum, on an [[ideological]] faction, an early [[Facebook]] organizer who describes himself as a [[pacifist]] was arrested. His November 2018 Facebook posting, that proposed a protest against the government global warming tax, went viral and catapulted him to the [[mainstream media]]'s honorific title as "spokesman." During the seventh week of protests, Eric Drouet was arrested and charged with carry a stick of wood in his backpack and leading a mob intent on violence.<ref>https://m.huffingtonpost.fr/2018/12/22/gilets-jaunes-eric-drouet-place-en-garde-a-vue-a-paris_a_23625285/?utm_hp_ref=fr-eric-drouet&ncid=other_homepage_tiwdkz83gze&utm_campaign=mw_entry_recirc</ref> His arrest spurned cries of "[[dictatorship]]" and "[[totalitarianism]]."

==European Spring==

==European Spring==