THE MOTIVATION:

Recover country’s priorities

Dou said he had joined the movement from the beginning, and he was an assiduous presence over several days last week. “We don’t even need the social networks anymore,” he said. His motivation, he said, was to “recover the country’s priorities. The values of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.” The gas tax “was what set it all off.” But really “we are the most overtaxed country in the world.”

AFP A man with a sign reading ‘Macron resign’ waves a French flag amid the protest at La Barque, near Marseille.