Climate ‘action’ makes politicians disappear! As climate tax protests rages in France, Macron remains invisible – ‘Nowhere to be seen’
https://apnews.com/3b7d4a322df34823b448dabd46e2e03a PARIS (AP) — As anti-government protests rage through France and Paris locks down, fearing new riots, the man whose presidency has unleashed the anger is nowhere to be seen. French President Emmanuel Macron has stayed out of the public eye all week, leaving his unpopular government to try to calm the nation. In response, […]
Trump gets last laugh on Macron with Paris burning after Macron’s rebuke of ‘America First’
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-has-last-laugh-on-america-first-after-macron-yellow-vest-u-turn-2018-12 French President Emmanuel Macron rebuked US President Donald Trump last month for putting the interests of US citizens above demonstrating moral values. Three weeks later, Paris was set ablaze by thousands of working-class protesters who objected to Macron promoting an environmentally friendly fuel tax. Macron is about half as popular in France as Trump […]
Bloomberg News gets it! ‘Trump has put his finger on the challenge facing Macron’ – Trump to Macron: ‘Ditch your green strategy & give the angry people what they want’
https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Emmanuel-Macron-Still-Has-No-Good-Answer-for-13444221.php (Bloomberg) — Donald Trump has put his finger on the challenge facing Emmanuel Macron. As small town protesters in yellow vests wreak havoc in Paris, Macron is trying to work out how to take the heat out of the situation without compromising his long-term plans for the economy and the environment. Trump yesterday suggested […]
The French surrender: Carbon tax ‘is now abandoned’ – MACRON WAVES THE WHITE FLAG ON CARBON TAXES
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/05/macron-fuel-tax/ By MICHAEL BASTASCH French President Emmanuel Macron decided to scrap the planned carbon tax on fuels after weeks of protests rocked Paris and other major cities across the country. An Élysée Palace official told The Associated Press Wednesday that “the president decided to get rid of the tax.” Macron’s decision comes one day after the government announced plans […]
Wash Post: France’s protesters are part of a global backlash against climate taxes – ‘Implementing such taxes can be politically explosive’
France’s protesters are part of a global backlash against climate change taxes https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/France-s-protesters-are-part-of-a-global-backlash-13443080.php By Steven Mufson and James McAuley, The Washington Post The single most effective weapon in the fight against climate change is the tax code – imposing costs on those who emit greenhouse gases, economists say. But as French President Emmanuel Macron learned […]
France’s Macron scraps carbon fuel tax after protests
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-leading-protest-activist-macron-speak-59624047 The Latest on mass protests in France (all times local): 8:55 p.m. French President Emmanuel Macron has scrapped a fuel tax rise amid fears of new violence, after weeks of nationwide protests and the worst rioting in Paris in decades. Watch Now 1.00 France suspends planned fuel tax increase after violent protests An official with the […]
UN Climate Summit in Poland (COP 24): France surrenders
http://www.cfact.org/2018/12/05/cop-24-france-surrenders/ By Craig Rucker|December 5th, 2018|Climate|2 Comments Faced with widespread carbon / fuel tax rioting, French President Emmanuel Macron surrendered. The French government suspended the wildly unpopular fuel tax, for six months at least. This is quite embarrassing, coming while the French delegation is busily advocating for every tax, mandate and control the UN can think […]
French retreat on fuel tax increase worries delegates to UN climate conference in Poland
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/french_retreat_on_fuel_tax_increase_worries_delegates_to_climate_change_conference.html French retreat on fuel tax increase worries delegates to climate change conference By Rick Moran At climate change talks in Katowice, Poland, there is a lot of worried talk about the revolt by the French people over President Emmanuel Macron’s fuel tax increase. The tax increase was a large part of Macron’s effort to combat global […]
Not Enough: Yellow Vest Protesters Reject Suspension of Fuel Tax Rises in France
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/04/not-enough-yellow-vests-reject-temporary-suspension-fuel-tax-rises-france/ Representatives from the Yellow Vest movement have said that a temporary suspension of a further tax increase by the government does not go far enough, maintaining the taxes should be cut altogether. The government of Emmanuel Macron will announce Tuesday morning a moratorium on the increase of the fuel tax, slated for January 1st, […]
France Is Scrapping Global Warming Taxes That The UN Thinks Should Be Doubled
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/04/france-global-warming-taxes-un/ By MICHAEL BASTASCH The UN calls for carbon taxes to be twice as high as those that sparked riots across France. UN reports call for carbon taxes as high as $27,000 per ton of emissions to limit global warming. The French government delayed implementing carbon taxes in the wake of rioting. The French government […]