'Yellow Vests' Find Support Among France's Far-Right and Far-Left
PARIS – France’s self-styled political road warriors may finally be running out of road.
Since their weekly protests began more than three months ago, the “yellow vests” have fought their way to a rare kind of popularity, straddling France’s political spectrum with a broad, populist message that blames establishment elites for the country’s high cost of living.
But with polls showing that popularity beginning to wane, the movement faces an existential challenge: Translating their outdoor enthusiasm into indoor political power…