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France's 'yellow vests' to field candidates in European elections

Following two months of nationwide protests as a loosely formed movement communicating mostly on social media, the so-called 'yellow vests', made up of low- and middle-income earners angry at falling living standards and against the political and social elite, have formed a group to field candidates for this spring's elections for the European Parliament.

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France’s anti-government “yellow vest” protesters are to put forward a list of candidates to run in upcoming European Parliament elections, reports Reuters.

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