President Emmanuel Macron of France urged his fellow citizens to “accept reality” and called for the protesters shaking the country over inequality to curb the disorder sown at demonstrations.
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The Question for France: Where Do the Yellow Vests Go From Here?
Political groups are jockeying to capture the energy of the protest movement. But whether it can be given a more coherent shape remains uncertain.
Critic’s Notebook: France’s Yellow Vests Reveal a Crisis of Mobility in All Its Forms
Mobility is the story of globalization and its inequities. But it is more than trains and automobiles: It includes social and economic movement, too.
France’s Yellow Vests Confront Macron With a New Reality
The survival of Mr. Macron’s presidency may no longer be at stake, but its shape and direction seem certain to change.
In Paris, ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests Cut Sharply Into City’s Luxury Trade
Several weekends of violent demonstrations across France have hit the capital’s sellers of high-end goods hard during the year’s most important shopping period
France’s Far Right Sees Gold in Yellow Vest Movement
National Front leaders are trying to turn protests that have left much of France in upheaval to their purposes. But it may be a double-edged sword.
‘Yellow Vest’ Protests Dwindle Amid Warnings and Concessions
Thousands still turned out after the government cautioned that protests could complicate the task of preventing terrorism after an attack this week in Strasbourg.
Macron’s Proposal to Mollify Yellow Vest Protesters Fails to Impress
The economic problems of the working poor and middle classes will be largely unaffected by the plan of President Emmanuel Macron to raise the minimum wage and exempt some income from taxes.
News Analysis: E.U. Hoped to Put Its House in Order This Year. Not Even Close.
Britain, France and Germany are all facing political change or upheaval. For the European Union, the question is who will guide the bloc into an uncertain future.
Unrest in France Hinders Macron’s Push to Revive Economy
The Yellow Vest protests roiling the country have cost businesses billions of euros and threatened President Emmanuel Macron’s strategy for growth.