{"id":24241,"date":"2018-12-04T08:23:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T08:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=24241"},"modified":"2018-12-04T08:23:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T08:23:47","slug":"france-to-suspend-fuel-tax-hikes-after-violent-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=24241","title":{"rendered":"France &#8216;to suspend fuel tax hikes&#8217; after violent protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"body-200771816342556199\" readability=\"92\">\n<p class=\"speakable\"><span>The French government is preparing to suspend fuel tax increases in the wake of violent protests against the measures, according to Reuters news agency and local media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><span>A government source told Reuters that\u00a0<\/span>Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was due to announce the suspension later on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Daily newspaper Le Monde, also citing government sources, said the suspension will last &#8220;several months&#8221; and will be accompanied by other measures aimed at appeasing the so-called &#8220;yellow vest&#8221; protesters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move marks President Emmanuel Macron&#8217;s first significant U-turn on a major policy since taking office in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><span>The &#8220;yellow vests&#8221; protests, which started on November 17, were focused on denouncing a squeeze on household spending brought about by Macron&#8217;s taxes on diesel, which he says are necessary to combat climate change and protect the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, they have since evolved into a bigger, general anti-Macron uprising, with many criticising the president for pursuing policies they claim favour the richest members of French society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Protests in Paris on Saturday turned particularly violent, with the famed Arc de Triomphe defaced and avenues off the capital&#8217;s Champs Elysees suffering damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The demonstrations have been given the &#8220;yellow vest&#8221; tag due to the fluorescent jackets kept in all vehicles in France, and the protests are estimated to have cost millions to the economy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French government is preparing to suspend fuel tax increases in the wake of violent protests against the measures, according to Reuters news agency and local media.\u00a0 A government source told Reuters that\u00a0Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was due to announce the suspension later on Tuesday. Daily newspaper Le Monde, also citing government sources, said the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":24242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}