While the origin is in the yellow vest that is mandatory in France for drivers who get out of the car on routes due to mechanical damage or an accident, the name became popular since late 2018 by the movement of gilets jaunes ( "yellow vests") , who used it as identification in their protest marches against president Emmanuel Macron's socioeconomic policies. The profile of the protesters is middle and low class, workers from peripheral neighborhoods who must move daily to the city and were affected by the fuel tax; although his claim was then added to that of other claims. The two most noteworthy features of the movement are the horizontal call through social networks (although in principle there was one organized by trade unions) and the fact that they achieved several political triumphs with their manifestations, despite the harsh repression they suffered in the marches.
