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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 10 people were killed, hundreds injured, and over thousands 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 10 people were killed, hundreds injured, and over thousands arrested in protests. The movement has attracted support across the [[political spectrum]].  

*Duke, Selwyn (December 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30850-yellow-vest-and-unrest-french-revolution-part-deux Yellow Vest and Unrest: French Revolution, Part Deux?] ''The New American''. Retrieved December 9, 2018.

*Duke, Selwyn (December 8, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30850-yellow-vest-and-unrest-french-revolution-part-deux Yellow Vest and Unrest: French Revolution, Part Deux?] ''The New American''. Retrieved December 9, 2018.

See also:

See also:

*Tomlinson, Chris (December 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/08/in-pictures-yellow-vest-act-iv-protest-violence-spreads-across-macrons-france/ In Pictures: Yellow Vest ‘Act IV’ Protest Violence Spreads Across Macron’s France]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 8, 2018.</ref>  The taxes collected not only were intended to discourage driving and reduce carbon emissions, they also are a vital component of a [[wealth redistribution]] program to illegal [[immigrant]]s, to manage the [[European_Commission|Brussels EU]]-generated [[European migrant crisis|migrant crisis]].<ref>https://youtu.be/esT0agVj9LU</ref>

*Tomlinson, Chris (December 8, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/08/in-pictures-yellow-vest-act-iv-protest-violence-spreads-across-macrons-france/ In Pictures: Yellow Vest ‘Act IV’ Protest Violence Spreads Across Macron’s France]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 8, 2018.</ref>  The taxes collected not only were intended to discourage driving and reduce carbon emissions, they also are a vital component of a [[wealth redistribution]] program to illegal [[immigrant]]s, to manage the [[European Commission|Brussels EU]]-generated [[European migrant crisis|migrant crisis]].<ref>https://youtu.be/esT0agVj9LU</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 one percent to run against a rising populist movement led by [[Marine Le Pen]] in 2017.  Macron is regarded as a puppet of the elite who has ceded his nation's [[sovereignty]] to the [[European Union]].  The widespread dissatisfaction blames globalization for increasing [[poverty]] and decline of the nation.

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 one percent to run against a rising populist movement led by [[Marine Le Pen]] in 2017.  Macron is regarded as a puppet of the elite who has ceded his nation's [[sovereignty]] to the [[European Union]].  The widespread dissatisfaction blames globalization for increasing [[poverty]] and decline of the nation.

Week eight of the protests saw over 137,000 police take to the streets to meet protesters in frigid temperatures.

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 was arrested. His November 2018 Facebook posting, that proposed a protest against the government's anti-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, a self-described [[pacifist]], was arrested while lighting candles for the 10 victims of [[climate science]] and [[globalization]] run amok and charged with 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 was arrested. His November 2018 Facebook posting, that proposed a protest against the government's anti-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, a self-described [[pacifist]], was arrested while lighting candles for the 10 victims of [[climate science]] and [[globalization]] run amok and charged with 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]]."

Just when the [[fake news]] media were reporting the movement was tiring out and Macron was accelerating his alleged "reform" program, week eight brought protests even larger than before. According to Macron's government, protestors destroyed 60% of France's speed cameras.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (January 10, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/10/macron-govt-yellow-vests-destroyed-60-percent-french-speed-cameras/ Macron Govt: Yellow Vests Have Destroyed 60 Percent of France’s Speed Cameras]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 10, 2019.</ref> Someone ran a forklift into a building where a government Minister was in his office.

Just when the [[fake news]] media were reporting the movement was tiring out and Macron was accelerating his alleged "reform" program, week eight brought protests even larger than before. According to Macron's government, protestors destroyed 60% of France's speed cameras.<ref>Montgomery, Jack (January 10, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/01/10/macron-govt-yellow-vests-destroyed-60-percent-french-speed-cameras/ Macron Govt: Yellow Vests Have Destroyed 60 Percent of France’s Speed Cameras]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 10, 2019.</ref> Someone ran a forklift into a building where a government Minister was in his office.

The European Parliament was founded in the former German city of Strassburg in 1952.  Strassburg had been formally incorporated into the French First Republic in 1792, taken back by [[Bismarck]] in 1871, returned to France by the [[Versailles Treaty]] in 1919, recouped by [[Hitler]] in 1940, and returned to the French Fourth Republic by the Angelo-American Alliance after [[World War II]].  

The European Parliament was founded in the former German city of Strassburg in 1952.  Strassburg had been formally incorporated into the French First Republic in 1792, taken back by [[Bismarck]] in 1871, returned to France by the [[Versailles Treaty]] in 1919, recouped by [[Hitler]] in 1940, and returned to the French Fourth Republic by the Angelo-American Alliance after [[World War II]].  

The EU parliament originally was founded as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) to ensure German [[coal]] production from the [[Rhineland]], [[Saar]], and [[Ruhr]] would continue to fuel French coal-burning electrical power plants,<ref>For more background on the issues and controversies, see [[Henry_Morgenthau,_Jr.#Morgenthau_plan|Morgenthau Plan]].</ref> you know, the guys who were destroying the planet with carbon emissions. The purpose was to ensure that German coal production would not be cut off again to strangle the French [[economy]], as it had been in two world wars over the city of Straßburg and province of Alsace.  

The EU parliament originally was founded as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) to ensure German [[coal]] production from the [[Rhineland]], [[Saar]], and [[Ruhr]] would continue to fuel French coal-burning electrical power plants,<ref>For more background on the issues and controversies, see [[Henry Morgenthau, Jr.#Morgenthau plan|Morgenthau Plan]].</ref> you know, the guys who were destroying the planet with carbon emissions. The purpose was to ensure that German coal production would not be cut off again to strangle the French [[economy]], as it had been in two world wars over the city of Straßburg and province of Alsace.  

The [[CIA]] encouraged the ECSC, which eventually became known as the European Common Market (a [[NAFTA]]-style deal), and today known as the European Union or European Project.<ref>https://blogs.mediapart.fr/danyves/blog/210317/la-no-news-d-historia-oui-la-cia-finance-la-construction-europeenne</ref> It had a supposed "supranational parliament," elected by popular vote from member states since 1958, with no real power for its first 50 years, awaiting the day a younger generation could be brainwashed in [[public school]]s into believing that the institution had legitimacy and actual "supranational" power.  Its existence and ultimate success or failure are entirely dependent on the outcome of the [[War on Sovereignty]] being waged by liberal elites and globalists.  The 2019 elections became pivotal to the outcome.

The [[CIA]] encouraged the ECSC, which eventually became known as the European Common Market (a [[NAFTA]]-style deal), and today known as the European Union or European Project.<ref>https://blogs.mediapart.fr/danyves/blog/210317/la-no-news-d-historia-oui-la-cia-finance-la-construction-europeenne</ref> It had a supposed "supranational parliament," elected by popular vote from member states since 1958, with no real power for its first 50 years, awaiting the day a younger generation could be brainwashed in [[public school]]s into believing that the institution had legitimacy and actual "supranational" power.  Its existence and ultimate success or failure are entirely dependent on the outcome of the [[War on Sovereignty]] being waged by liberal elites and globalists.  The 2019 elections became pivotal to the outcome.

===Netherlands===

===Netherlands===

The yellow vest movement planned protests in the [[Netherlands]].<ref>Friedman, Victoria (December 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/06/rebellion-spreads-yellow-jackets-plan-action-across-netherlands/ Rebellion Spreads: Yellow Jackets Plan Action Across Netherlands]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 6, 2018.</ref><ref name="ProtestsSpread"/>

The yellow vest movement planned protests in the [[Netherlands]].<ref name="ProtestsSpread"/><ref>Friedman, Victoria (December 6, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/06/rebellion-spreads-yellow-jackets-plan-action-across-netherlands/ Rebellion Spreads: Yellow Jackets Plan Action Across Netherlands]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 6, 2018.</ref>

===Bulgaria===

===Bulgaria===

*[https://www.leetchi.com/fr/Cagnotte/45423381/b4fa826f Solidarity With Fiorina]

*[https://www.leetchi.com/fr/Cagnotte/45423381/b4fa826f Solidarity With Fiorina]

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