French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced a suspension of hikes to fuel taxes in an effort to appease a protest movement that plunged Paris into chaos last weekend.
More than 100 people were injured in the French capital and 412 arrested over the weekend during France’s worst urban riot in years, with dozens of cars torched.
The “Yellow Jacket” movement behind the demonstrations started on Nov. 17 as a social-media-organized protest group named for the high-visibility jackets all motorists in France must have in their cars.
It has focused on denouncing a squeeze on household spending brought about by President Emmanuel Macrons taxes on gas and diesel. The president says the increases are needed to combat climate change.
Sebastian Gorka is a former Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump, author of Why We Fight: Defeating America’s Enemies – With No Apologies and host of “America First” debuting in 2019 on AM 560 the Answer. He joined Dan and Amy with reaction to the death of former President George H.W. Bush, the G20 summit and the riots in Paris: