Guy Groux News Today

France’s “yellow vest” protesters have been highly visible, but their motives have been cryptic, thanks in large part to their lack of leaders and structure.

After ramming through a law raising the retirement age without a full parliamentary vote, the French president faces something approaching a constitutional crisis.

A bill raising the retirement age for most workers by two years, to 64, could become law this week, despite widespread protest, including a strike by garbage workers in Paris and elsewhere.

With petrol stations running dry and strikes spreading, jittery cabinet ministers fear the situation could quickly get out of hand