Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-CortezWells Fargo CEO issues apology after saying there was a 'limited pool of Black talent' Brand responds to Trump claim protesters throw tuna cans at police: 'Eat em, don't throw em' CNN's Don Lemon: 'Blow up the entire system' remark taken out of context MORE (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that "just solutions will come from the bottom up" in reference to France's "yellow vests" protests.

"People are starting to realize our issues aren’t left and right, but top and bottom. And the just solutions will come from the bottom-up," Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter, in response to a report that police in France may join protesters demanding economic reform.

People are starting to realize our issues aren’t left and right, but top and bottom.



And the just solutions will come from the bottom-up. https://t.co/nI6mzP3E9k — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) December 20, 2018

French government officials met Wednesday with police union leaders to discuss frustration among officers over working conditions and unpaid overtime, Newsweek reported, citing the French news outlet Le Monde.

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Police have clashed with demonstrators since the "yellow vests" protests — the name comes from the yellow safety vests all French drivers must have in their vehicles — began last month. Protesters have demanded lower fuel taxes, better living conditions and better pay.

The police are now being encouraged by activists to join them in protests to fight for their own improved working conditions and better pay.

Police in France are owed 23 million hours of overtime pay, according to The Local France.