https://www.france24.com/en/20190111...y-taxes-police
"Bank run ‘difficult, if not impossible’
Yet French banks remain unfazed by the proposal, as the amount necessary to have a negative impact exceeds the daily limits many banks in France allow clients to withdraw from ATMs.
“There is very little chance it will work,” FRANCE 24’s business editor Christophe Dansette explained. “The amount of money French people have deposited in banks is estimated at €1.5 trillion, according to the Bank of France. Of this amount, €390 billion is currently (available). Every French person would therefore have to withdraw €5,800. This is very difficult, if not impossible, considering that cash withdrawals from ATMs are limited.”
Dansette said that none of the banks he has spoken to have taken any steps to protect their institutions from the plan.
“There has never been a deliberate run on a bank [in France],” he added.
The idea to organise a bank run gained support among the Yellow Vest movement in recent weeks as they sought new ways to maintain public, political and press attention.
The movement – which began last year in response to a direct tax on diesel fuel – appeared to lose some of its momentum after President Emmanuel Macron announced a number of concessions in December."
On the plus side a bank run isn't violence in the street, on the other hand its monumentally stupid and very unlikely to work or be effective.