
From Memes to Mobilisation: France’s Growing Tax Revolt
The ‘Nicolas’ and ‘Gueux’ movements are giving voice to a rising class of disillusioned citizens who say they’re paying into a system that gives them nothing back.

The ‘Nicolas’ and ‘Gueux’ movements are giving voice to a rising class of disillusioned citizens who say they’re paying into a system that gives them nothing back.

“Nicolas is paying” has become the political slogan of the fed-up French taxpayer who is working hard while watching his country crumble and his money fund a system he no longer believes in.