The yellow Vests intervened in city council, in Rennes, this Monday evening. The majority of elected representatives, be they ecologists, socialists or rebellious, ensure to understand the anger expressed by the movement.
The Yellow Vests intervened before the elected Rennes, city council, Monday, December 3. They asked them to adopt a vow defending their claims. Rennes city councilors, for the most part, claim to understand the anger expressed by this movement.
1. The mayor: "The Government must become aware of the malaise"
Nathalie Appéré, socialist mayor of Rennes. "The government must realize that the real discomfort that is expressed has deep roots and old, but it has been increased tenfold since the beginning of the five-year fiscal choices, economic orientations and clumsy expressions, if not provocative. I join my voice to those who call for the implementation of a broad process of dialogue that brings together political parties, unions, associations around the representatives of Yellow Vests. I am looking forward to decentralized round tables, under the auspices of the Prefects, on the purchasing power of the most modest households, the ecological transition, but also the democratic functioning of our institutions. In the meantime, a moratorium on the increase of the carbon tax would be a first indispensable measure of appeasement. "
2. Ecologist: "A revolt against injustice, not a rejection of ecology"
Gaëlle Rougier, elected ecologist. " What is striking in this movement is the presence, more important than usual, of women. They are the ones most affected by partial work and the lowest wages. The movement of yellow vests is born of a revolt against injustice, especially tax, not a rejection of ecology. Some people want the abandonment of any tax on fuel. At a time when the awareness of the climate crisis has never been stronger, the social movement must not be translated into a setback that would be the victory of the oil lobbies. "
3. The elected France insubordinate: "In support of this movement"
Jean-Paul Tual, elected insubordinate France. "At the attempts of political recoveries of the one and the other, we privileged the direct contact, on the roundabouts, on the ring road, with the HQ in Cesson (laughter in the room, Ed). We positioned ourselves in support of this movement that only the most disconnected of realities could describe as fascist or anti-ecologist. Madam Mayor, you could make available a place with yellow vests. It would be a beautiful proof of your support. The different groups of yellow vests are unanimous to deplore the difficulty of organization without dry place, heated and spacious. "
4. The socialist elected representative: "A demand for equality"
Tristan Lahais, deputy socialist delegated to associative life. "The Yellow Vests are an unexpected reaction to the accumulation of decisions of great social injustice and whose ecology is unfortunately only the pretext. Our fellow citizens need their cars to get to work. Do we seriously think that they are the ones responsible for global warming? ! It is first of all those who consume the most resources on the planet that efforts must be demanded. A single return Paris New York consumes more per passenger than the average annual cost of heating a home in France or 6 months of transport by car with journeys of 50 km per day. The tax must be fair, proportional and progressive. What is asked is named Equality. "
5. The elected representative of the radical movement: "They are not the people! "
Honore Puil, elected of the liberal radical social movement. "It is imperative that this violence cease on the part of people who have no democratic legitimacy. They are not the people! That said, this movement challenges the suffering it expresses. The car is an extraordinary instrument of freedom, but it has forged our public policies. A segregation is established between those who can live in urban centers and those who decide, willy-nilly, to live far from the city. This crisis is a purchasing power crisis that has not increased much since 2007. But it is also a housing crisis, even though many who express themselves on the roundabouts refuse to admit it. "