Yellow Vests

Amid the sound and fury of US President Donald Trump, European populists, and Brexiteers, it is tempting to think that Australia has been spared from the political turmoil sweeping Western democracies. But if one focuses not on the rise of populism but on the…

For the first time, right-wing leader Marine Le Pen's party Rassemblement National (RN), formerly the National Front, overtook French President Emmanuel Macron's party La République En Marche (REM) according to a recent Ipsos poll ahead of the EU election thi…

When a country joins the European Union, it has to accept the four freedoms, namely the free movement of capital, goods, services, and people. This is different from a European treaty that exists independently of the EU: the Schengen agreement. Signed in 19…

"Yellow vest" protesters gathered in Paris and other French cities Saturday for the 26th straight week of rallies against President Emmanuel Macron, with scattered incidents of violence but overall a marked decline in the size of the crowds. Several hundred …

PARIS: "Yellow vest" protesters gathered in Paris and other French cities Saturday (May 11) for the 26th straight week of rallies against President Emmanuel Macron, with scattered incidents of violence but overall a marked decline in the size of the crowds. …

The election should be viewed as a referendum which may well seal Macron’s fate, Marine Le Pen said this week as she spoke on national TV. The opposition politician also expressed hope that the president would have the “honor and dignity” to step down if face…

The so-called "Petrol Uproar", which has been largely modelled after the Yellow Vests of France and is pushing for lower fuel prices, gathered a quarter of a million supporters on Facebook in no time.The "Petrol Uproar", a popular Swedish movement against rec…

Russian bots spreading disinformation may have reached as many as 241 million Europeans, almost half of the EU population, according to a new report that analysed roughly 3.5 million social media posts. The disinformation came from 6,700 bad actors, Russian-…

The results of the poll come as Emmanuel Macron is facing the biggest challenge of his presidency - the so-called yellow vests protests, which kicked off in mid-November over an envisaged hike in fuel taxes, later morphing into a broader anti-government movem…

Ever wish you could attend a protest, but couldn’t do so because of location, timing or other constraints? Well, thanks to Wistand, an online platform that allows people to hire proxies to protest on their behalf anytime, anywhere, you can get involved and su…