Press summaries have linked Dominique Rizet's desire to demonstrate on October 17 against the high cost of living to his comments on BFMTV during the Yellow Vests mobilization in December 2018. The account recalled that he had then expressed satisfaction with the number of arrests and had described as "unacceptable" the speech of a lawyer denouncing preventive arrests, according to sequences documented by Acrimed. Press summaries also cited alerts from the Defender of Rights regarding violations of the freedom to protest and criticisms from Amnesty concerning preemptive police custody ahead of demonstrations. The account mentioned the 7,000 arrests related to the student movement and reported that a commissioner explained this week in Le Canard enchaîné that the goal was to intimidate students and parents. Finally, he compared diesel, which he claimed had risen from about €1.53/L in 2018 to an average national price of €2.348/L on October 14, 2026. A full tank of 60 liters would thus have increased from about 92 to 141 euros, while food prices would have risen by approximately 31% since 2018. Press summaries presented this situation as ironic, considering that the high cost of living now affects commentators who had previously observed social anger from a distance. https://t.co/wL4ynpwH8T #Giletsjaunes #manifestation #précarité (translated)
