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Viewsroom: French misery gives Italy some company

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🗓️ 13 December 2018

⏱️ 16 minutes

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President Macron hopes a 10 bln euro splurge from state coffers will mollify rioters calling him the “president of the rich.” But it’ll worsen the country’s deficit, risking an EU rebuke. It may, though, offer cover for Italy, whose debt load is causing friction with Brussels. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, just leave on work now. Sorry, it's a bit loud.

0:03.3

Um, basically, so I was thinking we could get Macies tonight. Had a big Mac on my mind all day, and delivery fee on the app is now from 99P. So you win? Of course you are. Love you. Bye! Exclusively on the McDonald's app. 18 plus, service fee and small order fee may apply. Participating restaurants. Serving times and teas and seas apply. The views expressed on this podcast are those of the participants.

0:24.4

Not. Service fee and small order fee may apply. Participating restaurants. Serving times and teas and seas apply. The views expressed on this podcast are those of the participants, not of Roiders' News.

0:30.0

From Reuters' Breaking Views, I'm Jennifer Sabah, and you're listening to The Views Room.

0:34.5

This week, we're going to discuss the uncertainty that is spreading in Europe

0:37.7

and what it means for some of the region's top leaders. Riots in France, disenchantment in Italy,

0:43.0

not to mention the political crisis in Great Britain. Joining us from Milan is Breaking View's

0:47.9

columnist Lisa Yucca. Welcome to the program, Lisa. Hello. Hi. So, let's start with France. For the past several weeks, there's

0:57.0

been a group known as the Yellow Vest, and they've been protesting. Why don't you take us through

1:01.7

this and explain to us who they are and why are they so angry? Yes, so the Yellow Vest movement,

1:10.2

which in French, is Gilles-de-Jean and really comes from the fact that the protesters have been wearing yellow roadside safety vests, started off as a protest against a new fuel tax.

1:26.3

Okay.

1:26.9

The president wanted to introduce.

1:29.9

And then rapidly escalated into something bigger than that.

1:35.2

It escalated into a full anti-Macron protest.

1:40.5

So, okay, they're upset about this fuel tax, but there must be something else beneath the

1:49.1

surface that is kind of getting all these people together just to put on these yellow vests

1:53.8

and to go to Paris and to riot.

1:55.9

So why are they so angry at Macron?

1:59.0

What does Macron represent?

2:01.1

So we have to understand that Macron, who was a political novice when he came to power in 2017,

2:10.7

has went quite rapidly from being a very popular precedent, to 66% of support when he took office, to being a very unpopular president.

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