The immediate cause of the riots was Macron’s decision to increase gas taxes. Bear in mind that the French government spent 56.5 percent of France’s GDP in 2016 — a higher share than any other developed nation. And yet Macron’s idea of a reform was to tax carbon.
But gas taxes hit the public unequally. Rural voters who have to drive, and the middle class, pay the costs.
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