Macron Announces Measures to Placate Protesters
National address suggests shift in tone for leader demonstrators brand as out-of-touch
More than 100,000 antigovernment protesters took to the streets of France for a fourth consecutive weekend, heaping pressure on President Macron. WSJ's Stacy Meichtry assesses his options to break the impasse. Photo: Getty Images
PARIS—French leader Emmanuel Macron took action Monday to put cash in the pockets of everyday French citizens as he confronted the violent anti-government street demonstrations that have posed the stiffest challenge to his presidency.
Mr. Macron has been publicly silent in recent weeks as “yellow-vest” protesters, who oppose new fuel-tax increases among other Macron initiatives, rioted across the French capital and other cities.
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