French stars back ‘yellow vests’, denounce ‘attempts to discredit movement’
- Oscar winner Juliette Binoche and hundreds of artists sign letter of support for ongoing protests
Film stars Juliette Binoche and Emmanuelle Beart joined hundreds of people from the arts world in backing France’s “yellow vests” movement, as the latest anti-government marches took place on Saturday.
Binoche and Beart joined more than 1,400 signatories to an open letter published in the left-leaning daily Liberation.
Called “Yellow Vests: we are not fooled!”, it denounced what it said were attempts to discredit the movement.
It also backed the demands of the protesters, which it said included calls for greater social and fiscal justice, and radical measures to tackle what they called an ecological emergency.
The open letter condemned what it said were the increasingly repressive measures taken against the movement, noting that international organisations such as United Nations and the European Union had already expressed their concern.