Yellow Vest demonstrations have been widespread in European countries like a fashion.



In mid-November last year, about 290 000 French people from across the country turned out in a protest action against the government’s fuel tax hike. An eye-catcher was that all the demonstrators wore yellow vests. So the demonstration was called the Yellow Vest demonstration.



The French government urged the demonstrators to be prudent, but the demonstration got fiercer, rather than being moderate. On December 16 last year, over 66 000 demonstrators took part in the fifth demo. The demonstration became violent with the passage of time and many people were injured and detained.



It inflicted tremendous losses on France’s overall economy, especially transport and service industry sectors.



The Yellow Vest demonstration spread to other European countries in no time like a domino effect.



A similar demonstration was held in Poland.



Hundreds of farmers in yellow vests seized control of a highway linking the east to the west of the country and demanded the government improve their living conditions.



Much upset by the appearance of Yellow Vest demonstrators, the Polish government dispatched its minister of Agriculture to negotiate with them.



The demonstration also extended to Belgium in which the European Union is headquartered.



The whole of Europe is in chaos as the demonstration is accompanied by violence unlike other protest actions in which demonstrators chant only slogans.

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