Quote Originally Posted by Wales-Bales View Post
I can see a perfect storm ahead. Trump wants to knock 150 billion a year off the US-EU trade defecit. Macron can't get his carbon tax accepted (which replaced the Paris deal that the US opted out of). The EU need the carbon tax applied to diesel, petrol, electricity and gas, and they need every member state to implement it, as Germany look to be heading into a recession and they have millions of new residents to support. I reckon we are going to see more and more yellow jackets around as time moves on, and I'm not sure if all the remainers will be too happy about receiving a carbon tax as a reward for staying in.
It seems the French protesters haven't been appeased by Macron doing what he said he wouldn't do. 89,000 cops stand ready for this weekend's anticipated fisticuffs. https://twitter.com/LesEchos/status/1070760930206732294

If the OECD's data is correct, French people have become the most heavily taxed worldwide.