Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The bonnets rouges (red caps) movement began in October, 2013 in Brittany. It was a protest movement, largely targeting a new tax on truck-transport (billed as an "ecotaxe" by the government). By means of large demonstrations and direct action, which included the destruction of many highway tax portals, the movement successfully forced the French government to rescind the tax.The new tax was seen as harmful to Breton agriculture, which was already having a difficult time competing with its counterparts in Europe.The wearing of red caps was intended as a reference to the seventeenth century revolt of the papier timbré which was particularly active in Brittany, though the Phrygian cap as a protest symbol goes back much further."@en }
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- Bonnets_Rouges abstract "The bonnets rouges (red caps) movement began in October, 2013 in Brittany. It was a protest movement, largely targeting a new tax on truck-transport (billed as an "ecotaxe" by the government). By means of large demonstrations and direct action, which included the destruction of many highway tax portals, the movement successfully forced the French government to rescind the tax.The new tax was seen as harmful to Breton agriculture, which was already having a difficult time competing with its counterparts in Europe.The wearing of red caps was intended as a reference to the seventeenth century revolt of the papier timbré which was particularly active in Brittany, though the Phrygian cap as a protest symbol goes back much further.".