The French "Republicans" just sent out this communication (translated)
The Republicans want to express their extreme concern about the current state of the country.
The crazy increase in taxes, the contempt of the French, the government's mismanagement of public order have led our country to chaos. The responsibility of the President of the Republic is immense. From this situation, nothing can come out good: the degradations, the weakening of our economy, the aggravation of the fractures of our country! The French would be the first victims of the continuation of such a gear and the first to pay the price of this disaster.
We can not have a fourth black Saturday. We must protect our police forces while allowing the French who wish to express themselves peacefully without being taken hostage by thugs.
The state of emergency is the only measure that would allow preventing the renewal of this violence by Saturday. The Republicans ask this from the President of the Republic.
In addition, our country needs voices committed to bringing calm where the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister have so far shown so little understanding of the situation of the French.
The Republicans refuse to let our country sink into chaos. They will not practice the politics of the worst by adding oil to the fire. These times require a sense of both the State and the general interest. Our wish is to re-establish dialogue. We are ready to assume our responsibility for a way out of the crisis and we reach out tonight, but for that, there are two prerequisites that the President of the Republic can not continue to ignore:
• First, the government must finally make a change of course. The subject is not to delay tax increases by six months, but to renounce them definitively, as The Republicans have voted in the Senate.
• In addition, it is necessary to immediately initiate a Grenelle Agreement on taxes. We ask, in connection with the reduction of public spending, that three subjects be addressed: firstly, the CSG (social charges tax) on retirees and the indexation of retirement pensions; secondly, the taxation of income tax and the calculation of the "family quotient"; thirdly, the difference between the income from work and those of benefits, in particular with real tax cuts on overtime.
It is urgent to find calm and preserve civil peace. There is still time. This is the direction The Republicans call for.
Pologies for any errors in translation.