The upper house of the French parliament, the Senate passed the anti-bullying bill that resonated.
In particular, it gives the right to local authorities to impose a ban on participation in demonstrations in relation to persons found to be riots in the course of previous
actions. Now the draft law must be signed by French President Emmanuel Macron.
The National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, approved the document on February 5. He was a response to the riots that accompanied the protest “yellow vests” in France.
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said the bill was aimed at strengthening public order and protecting protest participants.
On March 9, it became known that the 17th action of “yellow vests” in France gathered 28.6 thousand participants. This number was the lowest since the beginning of the movement.
In this case, the police reported the detention of 40 people in France as a whole, including 19 in Paris. Most of them are pogroms who have infiltrated the ranks of the protesters.
Mass demonstrations of “yellow vests” began in mid-November 2018 because of the authorities’ intention to raise the price of gasoline and diesel fuel. Demonstrators take to the streets in reflective vests, which are an attribute of French drivers.
In early December, the authorities met the protesters. They introduced a six-month moratorium on the increase in gasoline and fuel prices. Activists continued to protest, seeking also the resignation of Macron. He called the emergence of movement “a giant collective failure.”