Title: Why are the ‘yellow vests’ protesting in France? | Emmanuel Macron | Al Jazeera
Headings: Why are the ‘yellow vests’ protesting in France?
OPINION
Why are the ‘yellow vests’ protesting in France?
Misleading the electorate
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Macron’s disdain for the poor
The protests are not rejecting climate change action

Content: You don’t scare me with your T-shirt. The best way of paying for a suit is to work.” In a July 2017 speech Macron said train stations were wonderful places, for there you can cross paths with both “people who succeed” (people like him) and “people who are nothing” (presumably ordinary French citizens like the rest of us). In October of the same year he was filmed accusing disgruntled workers of preferring to stir up “chaos” rather than find jobs. “ Instead of kicking up bloody chaos, some of them would be better off going to see if they can get a job over there,” he said, alluding to an aluminium factory in Ussel, a region in which employers were struggling to hire new workers. More recently, in September this year, Macron told an unemployed man he could easily find work if only “he crossed the street”. “ Everywhere I go people say to me that they are looking for staff,” the president said. Share
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