The nationwide protests come after the lower house of parliament this week approved a climate bill aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions that environment activists say doesn't go far or fast enough.
Sign up here to receive The Climate Barometer, delivering climate and environmental news to your inbox every weekActivists blame President Emmanuel Macron, who has been very vocal about his support for climate change action, for having "weakened" a set of measures initially proposed by a panel of 150 citizens who had worked for months on the issue.
Meanwhile, French newspaper Journal du Dimanche reported Sunday that a referendum to include the need to preserve the environment into the French Constitution, promised by Macron, won't be able to take place. Macron, speaking on the margins of a European Union event in the French city of Strasbourg, said the referendum bill "won't be abandoned."
Another super spreader event.
Buy a plane ticket to Russia, India, China, Saudi Arabia and be willing to take that bullet, or club or tear gas grenade for your cause. This is lazy protesting. They probably all drove home in their cars while tweeting on their phones. Show some commitment.