{"id":185335,"date":"2019-03-17T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T09:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=185335"},"modified":"2019-03-21T07:22:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T07:22:46","slug":"chaos-breaks-out-as-yellow-vests-clash-with-french-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=185335","title":{"rendered":"Chaos Breaks Out As Yellow Vests Clash With French Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyler Durden \u2013 Zero Hedge March 16, 2019<\/h1>\n

Update:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Saturday’s Yellow Vest protests have escalated in intensity as clashes with the police grew increasingly violent. Take a look:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bellingdawg\/status\/1106976625537753088<\/p>\n

After weeks of more moderate protests, France’s Yellow Vests are back in full swing following the end\u00a0of President Macron’s unsuccessful ‘great debate’ – during which thousands of town halls were conducted over a two-month period in the hopes of solving national issues through citizen debates.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Up to half-a-million people participated in 10,000 meetings across the country\u00a0<\/strong>to discuss social issues ranging from taxes – which the French pay the most of any OECD country\u00a0in the world<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, to democracy and climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We have been patient but now we want results,” Yellow Vest Laurent Casanova told\u00a0AFP<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

And with no meaningful changes after\u00a0nationwide cathartic venting,\u00a0the Yellow Vests are back to angry demonstrations as the protests kick off their\u00a018th week with an ‘ultimatum’ rally<\/strong>\u00a0– marked by lootings, fires, and mayhem that organizers maintain are due to a radical minority<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n