The “gilets jaunes” or “yellow vests” started out protesting fuel-price increases in France’s rural communities. Now, their demonstrations have turned into a national movement against President Emmanuel Macron and his government. Image: GettyPARIS—The campaign to rebuild Notre Dame, in eliciting vast donations from France’s richest families, has become a target of the yellow-vest protest movement. Nearly $1 billion in reconstruction pledges have poured in since a fire tore through the famed cathedral’s roof Monday evening, bringing down its majestic spire and shocking the world. Protesters taking to the streets Saturday for the 23rd consecutive weekend of yellow-vest marches, however, decried the hypocrisy of elites who they said were willing to mobilize large...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 20, 2019 15:56 UTC