Title: Yellow vests movement - Wikipedia
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Yellow vests movement
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Contents
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: 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. According to one poll, few of those protesting had voted for Macron in the 2017 presidential election; many had either not voted, or had voted for far-right or far-left candidates. Rising fuel prices initially sparked the demonstrations. Yellow high-visibility vests, which French law requires all drivers to have in their vehicles and to wear during emergency situations, were chosen as "a unifying thread and call to arms" because of their convenience, visibility, ubiquity and association with working-class industries. The protests have involved demonstrations and the blocking of roads and fuel depots, some of which developed into major riots, described as the most violent since those of May 1968.