Explanation: France Is Shaken by Protests No One Saw Coming

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/opinion/france-protests-yellow-vests.html

This op-ed from the New York Times is an explanation opinion piece because it explains about the protests regarding rising fuel prices that occurred on the Champs Elysees in Paris, France.

Thesis: That this demonstration was startling and disrupting to typical French politics.

Supporting points:


  • "They are unaffiliated with a political party and they come from a variety of class backgrounds." --> out of the constraints of any political party and their views
  • "The abnormally high number of casualties (600 people were injured) in a country that has long mastered the art of theatrical but safe demonstrations was disconcerting." --> was damaging to Paris due to the loss of a life and the many people injured
  • Political players are trying to "cash in" with these protests by sympathizing with these protesters.  However they reject all parties.

  • Brings up the fact that their "president who they believe is out of touch with a majority of the people."

Basically the article gave the story of what happened but also talked about the effects of the protests and gave an opinion that this was a negative event for France and Macron and revealed disunity and unrest in the french population. 

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