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France's Yellow Vests: Macron's Malaise

France's Yellow Vests: Macron's Malaise

FromThe Real Story


France's Yellow Vests: Macron's Malaise

FromThe Real Story

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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Dec 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

After weeks of protests and violence, France's President Emmanuel Macron has bowed to the yellow vests protestors. First he made an televised address to the nation in which he admitted he had made mistakes. Now he has issued a new budget with financial giveaways. It is not just that he has been spooked by weeks of demonstrations - not unknown in French life - but also that protestors have enjoyed high levels of public support. Their demands combine elements from the left and the right: calls for huge increases in government spending and in wages, coupled with the halving of taxes and tough restrictions on migration. But behind these demands, some people detect the grievances of France's left-behinds, either in small towns or in the countryside, and those at the wrong end of globalisation. Ruth Alexander and a panel of experts discuss Macron's options. Can his concessions satisfy the yellow vests, and if not, where does he go from here? The protestors want to have little to do with politicians but are they playing in to the hands of Marine Le Pen and the far right?
Released:
Dec 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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