This Friday, November 23rd marks the seventh day of mobilization of Yellow Vests throughout France. While a rally is scheduled in Paris this Saturday, the movement has focused since yesterday on blocking public finance centers to "lose money to the state."
The wrath of the Yellow Vests against the increase in taxes continues this Friday, November 23. After blockades of roads or oil depots, the Yellow Vests change course and turn to administrative centers throughout France. The goal is clear: "To lose money to the state. " While the movement has weakened in recent days, the protesters are planning to remobilize this weekend with a rally scheduled in Paris this Saturday, November 24.
In the West, blockades of tax centers
In the English Channel, Calvados, Ille-et-Vilaine, Orne or the Côtes-d'Armor, the yellow vests met on Friday morning to block the tax centers. "We let employees work inside , explain yellow vests, Falaise (Calvados). But we are blocking access to the mailbox and, in fact, to services for users. "
On the side of Paimpol (Côtes-d'Armor), the tax center has lowered its grids. "We are still alive and we intend to continue and multiply our pacifist actions at least until Tuesday when the government must make announcements," say the protesters on the spot.
Since 9 am this morning, the Yellow Vests are also present at the Dinan Tax Center. The main portal was closed by agents of the center, the small portal and the mailbox were condemned by the demonstrators. "We are targeting the state and not the citizen," say the demonstrators in Ille-et-Vilaine. "It's a symbolic action," complements a yellow Vest in front of the tax center in Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d'Armor). This Wednesday, November 21, Yellow Vests were also present in front of the prefecture of Saint-Brieuc.
Similar movements elsewhere in France
In the south of France, near Narbonne (Aude), about fifty yellow vests walled the entrance to the tax center, Thursday, November 22. "There is always a protest movement, but compared to the French population we change our focus. We no longer attack what can disturb the French but we attack the French institutions to show that we are still there, "said a protester in a video of L'Indépendant .
The Yellow Vests were also mobilized in Nice yesterday. They improvised a "sit-in" in the hall and the direction of the center lowered the gates of the building, reports the daily newspaper Nice-Matin.
On the side of the Vienne, Poitiers, forty yellow vests were also present Thursday, November 22 before the tax center to block access, according to France 3 New Aquitaine .
Two out of three French people opposed to Macron's tax policy
This frivolous movement expressed by the yellow vests is also reflected in opinion polls. According to an Ipsos poll for Le Monde , published Thursday, November 22, 67% of French people say they oppose the tax policy of Emmanuel Macron. The respondents believe that the government's fiscal policy aggravates social inequalities. In particular, 73% believe that the rise in the price of diesel to combat global warming is a bad thing.