France set for more ‘yellow vest’ protests despite Macron concessions 2 SHARES Share it! The last three Saturdays have been marked by violent demonstrations, with barricades being set on fire on the Champs-Elysees. In a bid to end the protests, Macron has canceled the planned fuel tax hikes and offered a rise in the minimum wage, tax relief for pensioners and tax-free overtime for workers in 2019. “What Macron did on Monday, was a call to carry on because he has started to give ground, which is unusual for him,” a senior figure in the “yellow vest” movement, Eric Drouet, said in a video posted on Facebook. Around 90,000 security forces were mobilized last Saturday across France and 2,000 people detained, around half of them in Paris.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 15, 2018 04:41 UTC