European Current Event of the Week: French Yellow Vest Movement (and will it spread to Belgium?)

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Macron Promises Minimum Wage Hike And Tax Cuts To End 'Yellow Vest' Protests

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                                                               France 24

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                                                          BBC

WILL THE PROTESTS SPREAD TO BELGIUM? 

Macron Returns to Turmoil, as France Weighs State of Emergency

This is from a satirical website . . . IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT IS NOT TRUE; IT POKES FUN AT THE FACT THAT FRANCE HAD REVOLUTIONS IN 1815, 1830, 1848, AND 1870.