Yellow Vests in Reunion. Minister Girardin exfiltrated from tense meeting

Annick Girardin, announced the specific measures for Reunion Island, had to be exfiltrated by her order service of a meeting while she was Friday at Port-East, in the west of the island. The yellow jackets on the spot booed her and shouted "Macron resignation".

The Minister of Overseas Annick Girardin, who continues to trade with Yellow Vests in Reunion, had to be exfiltrated by his police during a meeting Friday, the day after the announcement of measures that n ' have not convinced the protesters.

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Annick Girardin went to the west of the island in the morning and made a first stop, not scheduled, in the Port-East, the only marina and economic hub of Reunion.

The meeting with the "yellow vests" on the spot took place in a tense atmosphere. If there were no insults against her, Ms. Girardin had to cross an angry crowd of demonstrators, ousting her and shouting "Macron resignation" , before she was exfiltrated by her order service. .

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From the convoy, people chased the cars.

Strong mobilization on the island

This is the first time since arriving in Reunion on Wednesday that a meeting with the "yellow vests" is also rough. Proof that the announcements made Wednesday and Thursday are far from having satisfied the demonstrators.

On the fourteenth day of mobilization of yellow vests on the island, the dams were still numerous, twenty in number on the main roads according to the Regional Directorate of Roads.

And according to a balance sheet established between November 26 and 29 by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Reunion (CCIR), "the estimated loss for all Reunion companies over ten days is between 500 and 600 million euros .

For "yellow vests" , Wednesday's social measures have already been presented in Emmanuel Macron's poverty plan and they are not specific to Réunion. As for those announced Thursday night on employment, housing and the economy, they bring little new, except the creation for businesses of a global free zone at 7% tax rate.

Another less tense meeting

After the Port-est, the minister met a new delegation of "yellow vests" at the sub-prefecture of Saint-Paul (west), in exchanges sometimes lively but always courteous, which lasted three hours.

In particular, it announced that it would speak on Friday evening "margins and seaside" (taxes on imported and local products), and proposed that from Monday "working groups" are created with " yellow vests " so that all prices are studied. If this consultation does not bear fruit, "I will set prices," she said.

On Friday, the university was still closed to students, but schools in 11 of the 24 communes on the island were open, such as middle and high schools.