The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #165385 Message #3966402
Posted By: Thompson
15-Dec-18 - 12:36 PM
Thread Name: BS: Is Paris revolting?
Subject: RE: BS: Is Paris revolting?
I'd say Macron is about as popular as a rainy November. He cut taxes on the super-rich by 70%, and landed down hard on the poor and the elderly, he refers to himself as "Jupiter"; he told off a child for calling him by the affectionate nickname "Manu"… He came in with a great sweep of popularity, but his cold arrogance has quickly turned people against him. Last I heard, his popularity was at 22%. According to Le Journal du Dimanche today, 33,500 people are demonstrating all over France, which, considering the filthy weather, is astonishing. Half as many as last Saturday, but still… Among the demonstrators was a group of young women with naked breasts, silvered like statues, and wearing the red hood and tricolour coquard of the Revolution.