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The yellow vests proposed a law creating direct democracy in France, something supported by 80% of French people.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/03/80-percent-of-french-back-yellow-vest-citizen-referendum-initiative-proposal/ 80 Percent of French Back Yellow Vest Citizen Referendum Initiative Proposal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref>
The yellow vests proposed a law creating direct democracy in France, something supported by 80% of French people.<ref>Tomlinson, Chris (January 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/03/80-percent-of-french-back-yellow-vest-citizen-referendum-initiative-proposal/ 80 Percent of French Back Yellow Vest Citizen Referendum Initiative Proposal]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.</ref>
===Police state crackdown===
Week eight of the protests saw over 137,000 police take to the streets to meet protesters in frigid temperatures.
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==