French Prime Minister ready to meet Yellow Vest protestors

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on BFM television Wednesday that the protesters are expressing “a lot of legitimate things that should be heard.”

The “yellow vests” movement, which has caused disruption by blocking roads in protest against fuel tax increases and economic hardship.

But France 24 reports that a meeting might prove difficult to organise as many in the grassroots movement, which emerged through social media, have refused to recognise eight “representatives” chosen in a Facebook ballot.

Discover more from The Dispatch

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading

Verified by MonsterInsights