What mark have the Yellow Vests left on French democracy?
Channel: RosaluxEuropa
Date: 2020-07-27

Almost two years after the first protests and shortly after the 2020 Bastille Day: What to make out of the Yellow Vests and the state of French democracy? 

What to take away from the recently Macron-initiated citizens’ assemblies? Have the Yellow Vests and other protest shaken the French political establishment?

Listen to Ethan Earle addressing a common misconception about the Yellow Vests and why the ballot box is not where their greatest mark is to be left. 

Speaker: Ethan Earle, Political Consultant, Paris
Editorial Team: Axel Ruppert, Alexandra Spaeth, Louise Schmidt
Editing: Louise Schmidt
Music: Scott Holmes – Stomps and Claps (CC BY NC SA, edited version)