As hundreds gathered at the St. Lazare train station Saturday morning for “Act Four” of the so-called Yellow Vest protests, police patrolled the surrounding streets, conducting searches and identity ...

Perhaps, however, it is possible to identify some of the characteristics of this "insurrection" – as some exaggerated commentaries describe it – of wide layers, but mainly the lower classes, of French ...

The Yellow Vest movement was triggered by the announcement of higher fuel prices, both now and in future years. It does, however, reflect a much deeper anger, with many more serious causes. A simple ...

PARIS — Two months ago, as the 2019 increase in fuel taxes was soon to come into force, a spontaneous and widespread civilian protest movement erupted in a very cleaved France. As the Yellow Vests ...

Yellow Vest (gilets jaunes) demonstrators march in Caen, France, on Nov. 18, 2018, as part of a nationwide protest against the rising cost of living and skyrocketing fuel prices. (Photo by Charly ...

France’s gilets jaunes (yellow vests) movement shows no sign of subsiding. With around 80,000 people attending its rallies each week, President Emmanuel Macron has launched a “grand debate” in the ...

This article has been made possible thanks to contributions from the following Global Voices authors and translators: Vishal Manve, Suzanne Lehn, Omo Yooba, Filip Noubel, Pernille Bærendtsen, Georgia ...