The protesters’ leadership from the middle of November of the so-called yellow vests announced their intention to create their own list for the May elections to the European Parliament. For now, 10 names of potential candidates were given. None of them has ever been a politician.
The movement of the “yellow vests” began protests on November 17 in the opposition to the announcement to raise the excise tax on fuels. Because the first protested drivers, who put on reflective vests, the movement adopted the name of the “yellow vests”. Over time, it transformed into a broader initiative against the rising costs of living and politics led by President Emmanuel Macron.
Reflective fabrics and reflective tapes on the reflective vest make them visible.
Nurse, accountant, and housewife
The movement was created from the bottom up and did not have any organized structure. After a few weeks, however, a group of leaders emerged. Now they announced their desire to submit their electoral list to the European Parliament elections. In total, 79 names are to be found on it. In the first place will be the 31-nurse Ingrid Levavasseur, who became one of the faces of the protests of the “yellow vests”.
For the time being, the names of the first 10 potential candidates have been revealed. None of them has ever dealt with politics. The list includes the names of people who have previously performed the usual competition – an accountant, a forklift operator or a housewife. “We want to create a list that reflects what French citizenship looks like and show that from the first day of our protests we are independent and unrelated to any political party,” explained one of the leaders of the “yellow vests” Hayk Shahinyan.
Lots of enticing “yellow vests”
The list announced by the protestant movement was called the Civic Assembly of the Initiative. In addition to issuing candidates for the EP elections, it is to be used to collect signatures for a city proposal for a referendum on economic reforms in France. In order for it to be organized, at least 700,000 need to be organized. signatures. An opinion poll carried out in December by the IFOP showed that it would have voted 13% on the electoral list created by the “yellow vests”. French.
This potential has already been noticed by political parties. First of all, radical. The supporters of the “yellow vests” were supported by the National Assembly under the command of Marine Le Pen, the extreme left-wing France of Nieujarzmiona Jean-Luc Melenchon and the French Communist Party. The words “Yellow Vest” were registered as a trademark, a close associate of Le Pen Florian Philippot, who last year founded his own nationalist party Patriots.