French minister shrugs off retreat on fuel hikes
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(4 Dec 2018) France's Education Minister insisted on Tuesday the government's decision to suspend fuel tax hikes which were the spark for a series of protests was "not a retreat". Jean-Michel Blanquer said President Emmanuel Macron was only 18 months into a five-year term and democracies benefit from "listening to one another and doing it in a calm way". After violent riots in Paris for the third straight weekend on Saturday when more than 400 people were injured, Blanquer said "we must absolutely avoid happening this Saturday what happened last Saturday". French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced earlier on Tuesday the planned tax increases would be suspended for six months instead of being introduced in January. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9ffcdaedade76ffb339738a2eea70c6d
