fuel tax
The French government is abandoning a fuel tax hike that was previously only suspended for six months following violent protests.
French government backed down on planned fuel tax hikes in a bid to draw the heat out of fierce protests that have escalated into the deepest crisis of Macron's presidency.
Scores of Belgian protesters wearing the yellow vests that have become a symbol of anti-tax demonstrators in neighboring France blocked a key road junction in central Brussels on Friday, calling on the government to resign.
Macron's popularity took a further hit in recent weeks, according to a poll, as fuel tax protests rumbled on across France.
