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The yellow vests protests or yellow-jacket protests (French: Mouvement des gilets jaunes, pronounced [muvmɑ̃ de ʒilɛ ʒon]) were a series of populist, [64] grassroots [65] weekly protests in France that began on 17 November 2018 and ended on 28 June 2020.
Jérôme Rodrigues is a French lead figure in the populist Yellow Vests Movement, advocating for social demands and participating in demonstrations and The True Debate.On January 26, 2019, while filming a protest at Place de la Bastille in Paris, Rodrigues was hit by a sting ball grenade, resulting in the loss of his right eye.
Three male yellow vest protesters returning home on the Paris metro from Act VI engaged in anti-Semitic behavior. A female Jewish Auschwitz holocaust survivor asked them to stop. The men laughed at her, and told her the holocaust was a hoax. They then told the woman to get off the metro and return to her home country.
The death toll linked to France's anti-government "yellow vest" protests has risen to nine, as demonstrators kept up major disruptions of road traffic.
Protests in France against a COVID-19 health pass are being re-invigorated by a familiar face. Jerome Rodrigues, was a major figure in the Yellow Vests protests two years ago, which first sought ...
France is a country that's no stranger to protest movements—from the massive student demonstrations of 1968 to contemporary union-led strikes. But during the "yellow vest" protests that rocked ...
Éric Drouet is a French political activist who is one of the leading figures of the populist Yellow Vests Movement that began in France in November 2018. He is a former presidential candidate from the 2022 presidential election, and he has been a controversial figure, drawing accusations of calling for insurrection against the French government.
France's anti-government "Yellow Vests" protests hit the 2018 profits of retailer Auchan, costing it 140 million euros (120.3 million pounds) in lost sales, adding to pressure on the company which ...