The French government signalled Wednesday that it was prepared to make further concessions to “yellow vest” protesters, even raising a possible rollback on a controversial move to cut taxes for high earners last year. The “yellow vest” protests began on November 17 in opposition to rising fuel taxes, but they have since ballooned into a broad challenge to the government’s pro-business agenda. Griveaux stressed that reinstating the ISF “is not on the table for now,” but Equality Minister Marlene Schiappa said she would argue to bring it back unless the tax cut could be shown to be effective. Many “yellow vest” protesters, named after the high-visibility jackets they wear, said that Philippe’s rollback was not enough and have called for new protests this Saturday. Trump said protesters were disavowing Macron’s adherence to the 2015 Paris climate accord.

Source: Egypt Independent December 05, 2018 12:22 UTC