"The yellow vest movement in France, which began as a protest against increased fuel taxes, has taken on a much broader agenda, according to a Stanford economist who recently taught in Paris. The movement stems from frustrations over high unemployment and an economy that has stagnated, despite a decade of global expansion in other European countries, he said."
https://news.stanford.edu/2019/01/23/know-frances-yellow-vest-movement/
"The movement started among provincial workers camped out at traffic circles to protest a hike in fuel taxes, sporting the high-visibility vests all French drivers must keep in their cars for emergencies.
It quickly spread to people across political, regional, social and generational divides angry at economic injustice and the way President Emmanuel Macron is running France. At its height, a quarter of a million people marched around France, and polls suggested more than 80 percent of French people supported the movement."
https://www.foxnews.com/world/frances-yellow-vests-who-they-are-what-they-want-and-why
"After rumbling on social media for weeks, the Yellow Vests (Gilets Jaunes) movement emerged suddenly on November 17, when no less than 300,000 protestors occupied roads, traffic circles in exurbs and rural areas. They wore the yellow safety vests the government requires all motorists to purchase, and which immediately became the emblem of the movement."
https://newpol.org/french-yellow-vests-selfmobilized-mass-movement-insurrectionist-overtones/
"NotreDameYJPARIS - After a quiet summer, the Yellow Vests were hoping for a busy fall. So when Amandine Cantournet saw a call put out in late September urging a “historic” 45th gathering on the Champs-Elysées, she was willing and ready to make the five-hour drive from her home near the Swiss border to Paris."
https://ara-network.com/services/news/81-featuredstories/featured-europe-caucasus/3665-french-yellow-vests-making-a-comeback.html
"Nicknamed for the safety vests worn by protesters, known as gilets jaunes, the yellow vest movement has sparked a political crisis for the French government. The protests started in the French provinces but spread to Paris, where demonstrations turned into riots over the weekend and scenes of violent civil unrest played out along the city's famous Avenue des Champs Élysées."
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/03/672862353/who-are-frances-yellow-vest-protesters-and-what-do-they-want
"For Emmanuel Macron, the third anniversary of the Yellow Vests protests is a reminder of division over France’s economy and evidence his presidency can ride out confrontation capable of bringing the country to a standstill."
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2021/11/17/france-struggles-to-contain-efforts-to-revive-the-yellow-vest-protests/
France's yellow vests: Who they are, what they want, and why
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/frances-yellow-vests-62523990