As of December 17, the French " yellow vest" protest has entered its sixth week.
In recent days, tens of thousands of protesters in the country took to the streets of all French cities and once clashed with riot police, the severity of which was rare in decades.
At present, the French government has made concessions on fuel taxes, however, this protest has spread to many European countries.
When the " yellow vest" movement entered its fourth weekend, in addition to Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and other countries also responded to the protests originating in France and the " yellow vest" wave spread to many European countries, which were shrouded in discontent with the economic downturn and tax increase.
Foreign trade forwarders that have recently exported goods to Europe should pay attention to the progress of protests in the country where the destination port is located and communicate with agents in time to avoid delays caused by protests after the arrival of goods.
The " yellow vest" protest movement in France, which lasted for several weeks, was finally temporarily eased by French President Macron's compromise, which led other European countries dissatisfied with the social status quo to follow suit.
On December 15, the " get up Munich" and " unyielding France - Munich" organizations called for a protest action, which was also Germany's first " yellow vest" protest movement. by noon on that day, about 200 protesters were involved, and the police spoke in front of the demonstrators. Fortunately, there were no excesses in the whole protest.
Unlike the radical protesters in France, the " yellow vest" protesters in Munich, Germany, were peaceful and did not burn cars or smash shops. Their main protest was the high rent and low pension in the area, which the German government had failed to solve for many years.
Germany is not the only country interested in France's " yellow vest," but Belgium's " yellow vest" protest is one step ahead. France's local media " France 24" reported that on December 8, the " yellow vest" in Brussels, Belgium, took to the streets and threw paving stones, road signs, fireworks, flares and other items at the police to prevent the police from entering the office of Prime Minister Charles Michel and the seat of parliament.
According to France 24, both the French and Belgian governments are increasing fuel costs. In Europe, Belgians pay the highest diesel tax. A few days ago, the French government announced that it had made concessions to the fuel tax adjustment plan, and Belgium made the same effort by announcing that fuel prices would not be linked to the 2019 index. However, in both countries, protests continued.
In addition, many European countries and cities have also entered a protest upsurge. On December 15, local time, a " yellow vest" protest broke out in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
