Yellow Vest movement

Yellow Vest movement - Speaking on French radio, France Inter this morning the French Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, declared that one must have "the courage to give the voice to the people". "No matter how we give a voice to the people of France, I am in favor of a referendum of civic initiative," he added. Le Maire spoke of 2019 being a year of decisive choices for France insisting on the need to reform the pension system, unemployment benefits and public spending.

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