Government does not bend for fuel protests

paris - The French Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, has said that the government will not bend the protesters by turning the excise duties on fuel back. According to him, other tax cuts have reduced the overall burden of taxpayers.

'We have not increased excise duties to please the French, but because we want to put more taxes on CO2 emissions than on labor,' Philippe said in an interview with France2 television. He said that Sunday after a second day of national French protests against the increase in petrol prices.