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France: Thousands Of Yellow Vest Protesters Take To The Streets For 15th Week Running
https://youtu.be/WFT7CmBRhxg
February 24, 2019 Niamh Harris
Thousands of yellow vest protesters took to the streets across France on Saturday for the 15th consecutive week of demonstrations.
Five separate demonstrations in the capital drew around 5,800 people, the interior ministry said, while there were about 46,600 protesters nationwide according to DW.com
The Mail Online reports: Among the many rallies around Paris and in other French cities, hundreds gathered at the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris to march through well-off neighborhoods to protest government policies they see as favoring the rich.
Tempers frayed at the end of the main demonstration at the Trocadero plaza, next to the Eiffel Tower, and French police used tear gas to disperse protesters.
Five separate demonstrations were organized in the French capital, which saw 4,000 protesters by 2 p.m. according to Interior Ministry, which said there were 11,600 protesters scattered across France.
Support for the movement has ebbed in recent weeks as it has splintered and outbreaks of violence continue.
Last weekend, the extremist views of some protesters erupted in a torrent of anti-Semitic insults hurled at noted philosopher Alain Finkielkraut on the sidelines of a Paris protest. The assault came days after the French government reported a huge rise in incidents of anti-Semitism last year.
Local authorities in the central French city of Clermont-Ferrand urged residents on Saturday to avoid downtown, where 2,500 yellow vest protesters clashed with police forces. The prefecture said police arrested 15 people – including eight who were placed in custody – and seized weapons including baseball bats and alarm pistols.
A few hundred yellow vest protesters made the most of the sunny weather to gather at Chambord Castle in central France for a picnic. Elsewhere, activists blocked access to an Amazon platform in the southwestern city of Toulouse.
https://newspunch.com/france-thousands-of-yellow-vest-protesters-take-to-the-streets-for-15th-week-running/
Thanks to: https://newspunch.com
https://youtu.be/WFT7CmBRhxg
February 24, 2019 Niamh Harris
Thousands of yellow vest protesters took to the streets across France on Saturday for the 15th consecutive week of demonstrations.
Five separate demonstrations in the capital drew around 5,800 people, the interior ministry said, while there were about 46,600 protesters nationwide according to DW.com
The Mail Online reports: Among the many rallies around Paris and in other French cities, hundreds gathered at the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris to march through well-off neighborhoods to protest government policies they see as favoring the rich.
Tempers frayed at the end of the main demonstration at the Trocadero plaza, next to the Eiffel Tower, and French police used tear gas to disperse protesters.
Five separate demonstrations were organized in the French capital, which saw 4,000 protesters by 2 p.m. according to Interior Ministry, which said there were 11,600 protesters scattered across France.
Support for the movement has ebbed in recent weeks as it has splintered and outbreaks of violence continue.
Last weekend, the extremist views of some protesters erupted in a torrent of anti-Semitic insults hurled at noted philosopher Alain Finkielkraut on the sidelines of a Paris protest. The assault came days after the French government reported a huge rise in incidents of anti-Semitism last year.
Local authorities in the central French city of Clermont-Ferrand urged residents on Saturday to avoid downtown, where 2,500 yellow vest protesters clashed with police forces. The prefecture said police arrested 15 people – including eight who were placed in custody – and seized weapons including baseball bats and alarm pistols.
A few hundred yellow vest protesters made the most of the sunny weather to gather at Chambord Castle in central France for a picnic. Elsewhere, activists blocked access to an Amazon platform in the southwestern city of Toulouse.
https://newspunch.com/france-thousands-of-yellow-vest-protesters-take-to-the-streets-for-15th-week-running/
Thanks to: https://newspunch.com
