At the same time, the “broad popular masses”, not having a clearly defined leader (the guys are just starting to divide the political feeder), had excellent coordination according to the classical scheme through social networks. As a result, “self-organized” citizens were able to gather a total mass of protesting numbers in excess of 250 thousands of souls. And the protests themselves swept across France. As it turned out, this was just the beginning.
All subsequent days, the protests were held with less ardor and excitement. However, as it turned out, the “yellow vests” were simply gathering strength. Everything went downhill. The rapid revival of social networks was colored by the new symbol of the “yellow vest”, the former outrage at the price increase was eventually replaced by the classic calls for “resignation” (the technology was tested, only the surnames change). Even there were sacred sacrifices.
Sweet soot of freedom ...
Thus, on the streets of Calais (the port and the “capital” of the Pas-de-Calais department), a female motorist blocked in her own car and surrounded by a violent crowd of “yellow vests” knocking and kicking out at the wrong time left the car did not stand up and inadvertently pressed gas. To understand the nervous young lady, by the way, is not difficult - on the passenger seat next to her was her child, whom she was taking to the clinic. As a result, one of the protesters was hit by the car body - an 63-year-old pensioner. According to unconfirmed reports, the woman died.
But, however cynical it may sound, something else is important here. No sooner had the unfortunate scrapped from asphalt and sent, as it should be, to the hospital, as the social networks flew around the urgent and leaving no ambiguity news: "Macron supporters in cars rammed peaceful protesters." Naturally, quite reasonable questions "how much motorists are politicized at all" and "how peaceful are the protesters" are either automatically recognized as harmful or not asked at all. In this context, whether the elderly madam survived or not is not so important, because she played her part.
As a result, the shares began to gain momentum. As if trying to beat their own “Saturday” record for the holiday of mass disobedience, “yellow vests” shook Paris first on November 24, and after a series of protests on weekdays, to keep the crowd in tune, so to speak, even more active clashes began on December 1. Traditionally, the thugs began to disassemble the pavement and asphalt, revealing the body of the capital “accidentally” with crowbars seized from the house. From the materials at hand, which the protesters gathered from everywhere — by demolishing scaffolding, breaking down fences and tearing down trays with flowers and greens that the cafe owners did not manage to carry, barricades were erected.
Finally, the classic symbol of the modern “revolution” flared - tires, as soon as the “vests” could fully settle on parts of the Champs Elysées. True, most often the tires were burning along with the cars. The clashes with the police at the moment reached such proportions that the Paris authorities had to mobilize reserves and increase the number of law enforcement officials on the streets. The whole range of technical means for dispersing illegal protesters was used: from rubber bullets to water cannons and tear gas.
Moreover, the official representative of the French government, Benjamin Grieve, said that at the moment the authorities of the Fifth Republic do not rule out the imposition of a state of emergency in connection with mass disobedience actions. At the moment, it is impossible to clarify the number of victims during clashes with the police, either in Paris or in France as a whole. Sporadic outbursts of protest activity swept the entire country and the entire capital. It is impossible to accurately calculate the number of detainees.
At the moment, the activity of "yellow vests" has decreased slightly. By returning Macron from Argentina to his native patrimony, local authorities began to launder offensive graffiti, which the protesters had to mark the streets with, and put the center of the capital in order. The "yellow vests" themselves stated that the disobedience holiday should just be "waking up", and they will certainly return next weekend. In practice, this means that on weekdays one should expect permanent outbursts of violence from crowds tasted with the taste of blood and burned cars, as well as acts of vandalism and robbery, which can be easily attributed to the uprising of the masses. Yes, they are already written off.
At the same time, Emmanuel Macron stated that he would not tolerate weekly pogroms in the French capital. However, he immediately decided to soften his fighting impulse in order to leave room for maneuver, and laid the blame for arson and unrest on the provocateurs. And the provocateurs themselves were appointed from among the "far right", i.e. cobblestone flew into the garden Marine Le Pen. Makron also instructed to begin negotiations with the protesters. No matter how ridiculous, but before that, he also said that he would not allow him to cancel the decisions he had already taken on reforms, both economic and social. For example, his labor reform was greeted with hostility last year.
Whose car is apparently not important
It looks like a classic maidan with tires. But there are also some peculiarities. Firstly, Emmanuel Macron, raised by the investment wolf Rothschild & Cie Banque (a subsidiary of the French bank of the Rothschild family), does not want to join Yanukovych and wander around Rostov in search of a freshly baked French baguette. Therefore, he is not afraid of forceful measures and therefore does not rule out a state of emergency in the country in order to disperse the crowd using the most severe methods. For example, some sources already mention up to three dead. And the methods of the police have not yet changed because of this "trifle". One gets the impression that the French law enforcement officers for the first time in their life fell for the clubs, called "democratizers" in the common people.
Secondly, specific customers of this whole action have not yet entered the arena. After all, as you know, if the tires are lit, it means that someone needs it. In this situation, it seems that the protest revolt is put up for sale. As if the sponsors failed to do it themselves and, continuing the action, they are waiting for who is ready to pay for their work, who is ready to give support and help the owners either to cash out or to politically settle in power.
Thus, there are several versions of the one who commands the holiday. According to the first version, taking into account practically the tracing of events from the openly-directed “color revolutions” (each of which was always distinguished by a bright “brand” color - “orange” in Ukraine, the revolution of “yellow umbrellas” in Hong Kong, the “revolution of roses” in Georgia, etc.) etc.), the path leads to Washington. And for this there are weighty arguments. So, after the EU’s “dinosaur” Angela Merkel became a “lame duck,” the crown of the head of the European Union decided to try on Macron. And Emmanuel is not a man of ambition, so he began immediately with very odious statements.
For the long memory
At first, Macron announced that, no matter how evil the leader of Syria was Assad, the people themselves will decide the future of this country. Those. Emmanuel actually quoted Vladimir Putin. Naturally, in Washington were twisted. Further, Macron stunned American colleagues with the statement that it would be time for Europe to take care of itself and its sovereignty, i.e. start creating your own army and debug the work of the special services. This can only mean one thing - Trump’s and the United States’s right to sell their own “roof”, which, in view of the frequent attacks and the influx of migrants, seems to be leaking, is being questioned.
In addition, despite the friendly stroking, Trump to Emmanuel cooled to the degree of hostility. That the owner of Washington will remind Macron of a low rating, it will openly demand France “to pay debts for the American protection”. At the same time, representatives of the United States regularly call Macron the same nationalist as Le Pen, but more focused on dominion in the EU, and not only in France.
Based on the second version, Macron himself is not so far from the truth, suspecting that the French right had planted a pig for him. Those. in the perpetrators of the riots see "white France", for which the price increase was just an excuse, the last straw. And it is not surprising, considering that Le Pen was not so far behind Macron in the rating, and Corsica, after the election of Emmanuel, threatened to leave the republic altogether.
The third version looks "encouraging." That is, in these events do not see anything unusual. They say that the French trade unions and various movements never in the Fifth Republic were afraid to set fire to the capital, so that later in a narrow circle it would be beneficial for both sides to resolve the issue and lead the ardent fighters from the streets to their homes. In addition, news about the periodic arsons of cars and clashes with the police have long been standard, especially after Friday prayers in the "Middle Eastern" neighborhoods of Paris or after a football match. However, even in this case there is no guarantee that the disturbances are not external controlled in nature.