Yellow vests. The senator warns: "This is not the France of the hicks! "

The senator of Ille-et-Vilaine, Françoise Gatel, spoke on Monday about the movement of yellow vests. She warns all politicians: "The political recovery of this citizen movement is irresponsible as is the contempt shown by some towards yellow jackets for which the protesters would be the France of the" hicks ".

Françoise Gatel, senator of Ille-et-Vilaine and former mayor of Châteaugiron, reacted in a statement to the mobilization of the Yellow Vests: "The violence committed during the mobilization of Saturday is not acceptable but this The mobilization of citizens attests to a serious and real territorial divide that is constantly widening between the citizens of the cities and the citizens of the fields. No one disputes the stakes and urgency of an ecological revolution, but no one can deny that everyday life in the countryside and on the outskirts of cities is inseparable from the car for lack of alternatives. "

"Serious perils"

The senator continues: "Our country has been flirting for too long with the risk of serious perils. The political recovery of this citizen movement is irresponsible as is the contempt shown by some towards yellow jackets for which the protesters would be the France of "hicks". Taxing always, making those who toil in their daily lives feel guilty without bringing them real mobility solutions, leads the country into a rut. To hear is not enough anymore. To act is urgent! "

"France of cities and France of fields"

Françoise Gatel adds: "France is strong in its territories. They are his future because they are the space of initiatives, synergies, great local successes. The election of President Macron has resonated, for many, as a hope. Today, anger rises, that of communities, that of citizens. The government must recognize this confusion, these difficulties, these fears of the future ... It must urgently reconcile the France of cities and France of the countryside, cities and territories. The President will write the future of France only by bringing together a shared collective ambition. "