Protesters from the "yellow vest" movement gather at the Arche de la Defense in Paris's financial district during the "Act XXI" demonstration (the 21st consecutive national protest on a Saturday) on April 6. Yellow vest protests were expected in several cities across France. And what happened next seemed to bear that out: A good number of former communist countries later joined the European Union. Although the context today is different, this clash points to the dangerous conditions emerging in a newly nationalist Europe. Di Maio later distanced himself from those same yellow vest militants who were calling for paramilitary forces and a sort of civil war in France.

Source: Washington Post April 07, 2019 09:56 UTC