{"id":4388,"date":"2019-01-12T09:40:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T14:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/praxis1313\/?p=4388"},"modified":"2019-01-12T12:10:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T17:10:57","slug":"etienne-balibar-gilets-jaunes-the-meaning-of-the-confrontation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/praxis1313\/etienne-balibar-gilets-jaunes-the-meaning-of-the-confrontation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9tienne Balibar | \u2018Gilets jaunes\u2019: The Meaning of the Confrontation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/praxis1313\/etienne-balibar-gilets-jaunes-the-meaning-of-the-confrontation\/balibar-open-democracy\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4395\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4395\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/praxis1313\/files\/2019\/01\/Balibar-Open-Democracy-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/praxis1313\/files\/2019\/01\/Balibar-Open-Democracy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/praxis1313\/files\/2019\/01\/Balibar-Open-Democracy.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo caption: This protest was organized by yellow vests and movements against G7 in Biarritz, December 18, 2018, where France hosts the next G7 Summit in August. Photomobile\/ Press Association. All rights reserved<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By\u00a0\u00c9tienne Balibar, published at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/can-europe-make-it\/etienne-balibar\/gilets-jaunes-meaning-of-confrontation\">Open Democracy<\/a> on December 20, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So the President has spoken. But to whom? That is the first question to be asked. Without ever trying or daring to name those who forced him into this \u2013 the famous\u00a0<em>gilets jaunes<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 he spoke words of contrition in homoeopathic doses, and, as the press immediately pointed out, \u2018granted\u2019 measures to reduce the financial burden on the poorest part of the population but \u2018without conceding\u2019 anything that would have marked a change of course, or satisfied the movement of revolt that has so deeply shaken the country over the last four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>It will become clear in the coming days who has gained exactly what, both immediately and in the longer term, and who can be satisfied with it. Once again, Macron promised that citizens would have their say in a \u2018consultation\u2019 of national scope, in which he would contact local elected officials himself. And he seasoned his speech with two elements that should cause great concern to all democrats. First, a long proclamation of severity against \u2018disorder and anarchy\u2019 \u2013 \u2018I have given the government the most rigorous instructions\u2019 \u2013 meaning that demonstrations are placed under a kind of preventive state of emergency and that police brutality will not be subject to any restrictions. Then a strong return of the theme of national identity, of nauseating memory, immediately translated into the \u2018question of immigration\u2019, a \u2018question\u2019 that has played no role in the recent movement, but whose resonances on the right and far right of the political spectrum are well known&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>To read further, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/can-europe-make-it\/etienne-balibar\/gilets-jaunes-meaning-of-confrontation\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo caption: This protest was organized by yellow vests and movements against G7 in Biarritz, December 18, 2018, where France hosts the next G7 Summit in August. Photomobile\/ Press Association. 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