Moron’s popularity at a new low as riots erupt over fuel tax hike.
To make matters worse, French President Emmanuel Macron then raised the nation’s hydrocarbon tax this year by 7.6 cents per litre on diesel and 3.9 cents on petrol as on January 1 2019.
He did this under a campaign for cleaner cars and fuel – but this was seen as the final straw by demonstrators.
Mr Macron blamed rising world oil prices for the price rise and added more tax on fossil fuels was needed to fund renewable energy investments.
A little revolution now and then is a good thing
See also-
https://news.sky.com/story/tear-gas-fired-at-furious-protesters-in-france-11561900
And a bigger one, even better.
Macron, May, Merkle and the rest of the pigs with their snout in the EU trough are in denial. Let’s hope that the French expand their grievances and their “riots” and that it spreads like the plague.
Crude oil prices have been dropping! As evidence, I submit NZ petrol prices have gone from a high of $2.489 to $2.129 per litre in about three months.
I look forward to learning what Madame Guillotine has to say about the French troughers and petit bureaucrats.
I hear that she has a very sharp tongue.