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Yellow vests movement
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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

Content: Act XVIII"
3.2.8 7 September: " Act XLIII"
3.2.9 21 September: " Act XLV"
3.3 2020
3.3.1 25 July
3.3.2 12 September
3.3.3 10–12 October
3.4 Anti-security protests
3.4.1 2020
3.4.2 2021
4 Fatalities and injuries
5 Impact
5.1 Adama Committee and Nuit Debout
5.2 Students protesting against the government's educational reforms
5.3 Christmas shopping season
5.4 Vinci growth
5.5 Tourism
5.6 Cultural impact
6 Reactions and counter-protest
6.1 Comparisons
6.2 Foulards rouges (red scarves)
6.3 Concerns about extremist elements in the movement
7 Protests outside France adopting yellow vests as a symbol
7.1 Belgium
7.2 Other countries or regions
8 Notable members
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
Background
The issue on which the French movement centred at first was the projected 2019 increase in fuel taxes, particularly on diesel fuel. The yellow vest was an accessible symbol for the protests, as all French drivers have been required to have one in their vehicles since 2008. General discontentment
Already low in early 2018 (47% approval in January 2018 ), French President Emmanuel Macron 's approval rating had dipped below 25% at the beginning of the movement. The government's method of curbing the budget deficit had proven unpopular, with Macron being dubbed the "président des très riches" (president of the very rich) by his former boss, François Hollande. Late in June 2017, Macron's Minister of Justice, François Bayrou, came under pressure to resign, due to the ongoing investigation into the financial arrangements of the political party ( MoDem) he leads. During a radio interview in August 2018, Nicolas Hulot had resigned from the Ministry of the Environment, without telling either the President or the Prime Minister of his plans to do so. Criticized for his role in the Benalla affair, Gérard Collomb tried to resign in October 2018 as Minister of the Interior—leaving himself with only two jobs, as senator and mayor of Lyon—but saw his resignation initially refused, then finally accepted. Diesel
In the 1950s, diesel engines were used only in heavy equipment so, to help sell off the surpluses in French refineries, the state created a favorable tax regime to encourage motorists and manufacturers to use diesel.