A protester shout slogans during a demonstration in Lille, northern France, on March 17, 2023, a day after the French government pushed a pensions reform using Article 49.3 of the constitution. Photo: AFP
A Yellow Vest rerun? Anti-Macron protests could harden, union leaders warn
- The Yellow Vest grass roots movement started in 2018 as a protest against rising fuel prices, snowballing into the biggest social action against Macron in his first term
- Union leaders have expressed fears the current protests could go out of control as more radical demonstrators set the tone
A protester shout slogans during a demonstration in Lille, northern France, on March 17, 2023, a day after the French government pushed a pensions reform using Article 49.3 of the constitution. Photo: AFP
