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Background
General discontentment
Diesel
Fuel prices
Speed limit reduction
Economic reforms
Yellow vest symbol
Origin
Timeline
Main article: Timeline of the yellow vests movement
2018
17 November: "Act I"
24 November: "Act II"
1 December: "Act III"
8 December: "Act IV"
10 December: Macron's televised address
15 December: "Act V"
22 December: "Act VI"
29 December: "Act VII"
2019
5 January: "Act VIII"
12 January: "Act IX"
19 January: "Act X"
26 January: "Act XI"
2 February: "Act XII"
16 February: "Act XIV"
16 March: "Act XVIII"
7 September: "Act XLIII"
21 September: "Act XLV"
2020
25 July
12 September
10–12 October
Anti-security protests
2020
2021
Fatalities and injuries
Impact
Adama Committee and Nuit Debout
Students protesting against the government's educational reforms
Christmas shopping season
Vinci growth
Tourism
Cultural impact
Reactions and counter-protest
Comparisons
Foulards rouges (red scarves)
Concerns about extremist elements in the movement
Protests outside France adopting yellow vests as a symbol
Belgium
Other countries or regions
Notable members
See also
References
External links

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2018 social movement started in France
Yellow vests movement
Gilets jaunes protests
Part of the protests against Emmanuel Macron
A yellow vests protest in Belfort, France on 29 December 2018
Date
17 November 2018 – present
(2 years, 5 months and 21 days)
Location
France
Other countries: Australia
Belgium
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Canada
Central African Republic
Croatia
Czechia
Finland
Germany
Iraq
Israel
Ireland
Italy
Jordan
Latvia
Lebanon
Libya
Netherlands
Nigeria
Pakistan
Portugal
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Taiwan
Tunisia
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Caused by
Rise in crude oil prices in 2018
Fuel tax
Traffic enforcement cameras
Austerity measures
2017 wealth tax repeal
Immigration
Globalisation
Class conflict
Neoliberalism
Goals
Increase in the French minimum wage
End to austerity measures
Improved standard of living
Government transparency and accountability
Improved government services for rural areas
Constitutional proposal for a Citizens' initiative referendum, including constitutional, legislative, abrogative, recall initiatives
Methods
Protests
Violence
Civil disobedience
Property damage
Vandalism
Barricades
Rioting
Looting
Collectivist anarchism
Blocking traffic
Disabling traffic enforcement cameras
Strike action
Status
Ongoing
Concessions
given
Cancellation of fuel tax and six-month moratorium on diesel and petrol price changes
Announcement that price of Électricité de France blue tariffs would not increase before March 2019
Elimination of tax on overtime and end-of-year bonuses
Decrease of fuel and motor taxes
€100 ($112) increase in social minima for employees
Parties to the civil conflict
Gilets jaunes
Government
National Police
CRS
National Gendarmerie
Mobile Gendarmerie
Rural Guards
French Army
Pro-government protesters
Lead figures
Jacline Mouraud
Étienne Chouard
Priscillia Ludosky
Maxime Nicolle [ fr]
Éric Drouet [ fr]
Jérôme Rodrigues [ fr]
Christophe Chalençon
François Boulo
Emmanuel Macron
President of the French Republic
Édouard Philippe
Prime Minister of France (2017–2020)
Christophe Castaner
Minister of Interior (2018–2020)
Number
287,710 protesters (peak, according to the Ministry of the Interior)
8,000 police (15 Dec 2018: Paris)
Casualties
Death (s)
11 people, including 3 yellow vests, were killed in traffic accidents caused by yellow vests roadblocks in Belgium and France, 2 yellow vests, both aged over 50, died during the demonstrations due to heart problems unrelated to the protests, 1 woman died of a surgical shock at the hospital after she had been injured in the margins of a demonstration
Injuries
4,439 (police and civilians)
The yellow vests movement or yellow jackets movement ( French: Mouvement des gilets jaunes, pronounced [muvmɑ̃ de ʒilɛ ʒon]) is a populist, grassroots protest movement for economic justice that began in France in October 2018. After an online petition posted in May had attracted nearly a million signatures, mass demonstrations began on 17 November. The movement was initially motivated by rising fuel prices and a high cost of living; it claims that a disproportionate burden of the government's tax reforms were falling on the working and middle classes, especially in rural and peri-urban areas. The protesters have called for lower fuel taxes, a reintroduction of the solidarity tax on wealth, a minimum-wage increase, as well as the implementation of Citizens' initiative referendums, among other things. On 29 November 2018, a list of 42 demands was made public and went viral on social media, becoming de facto a structuring basis for the movement, covering a wide range of eclectic topics, mostly related to democracy, social and fiscal justice. The movement spans the political spectrum.