In France have once again demonstrated tens of thousands of yellow by the West against the policies of President Emmanuel Macron. Country wide, around 69’000 people took to the road, such as the Ministry of interior announced on Saturday evening.

In Paris demonstrated, therefore, about 4,000 Yellow jackets. There it came to the Place de la Bastille to clashes between police and protesters. According to the Prefecture, 22 people were arrested.

the movement of The yellow West had called for the eleventh Saturday in a row, demonstrations against the reform course Macrons. In comparison to the previous Saturday, the participants declined slightly. Last weekend, the country had involved far 84’000 people in Paris, there were 7000.

violence

In the discussions at the Paris Bastille square, use the police to use tear gas and a water cannon to the protesters push back, the projectiles they threw at the police. Jérôme Rodrigues, a voice of the yellow West, was seriously injured on the eye.

clashes were also seen in the yellow West-strongholds of Toulouse and Bordeaux in southwest France, as well as in the South, Montpellier, and Avignon, and also in several Western cities of France. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner condemned the violence by “with yellow vests-clad rioters”.

call to the “yellow night”

for the First time, had called on activists at the Bastille square in Paris, in addition to a “yellow night”. Model of the social movement “Nuit debout”, the reform of the previous socialist government protested in 2016 against the labour law. The Assembly has been completed, according to information from journalists of the news Agency AFP.

On Sunday, will for the first time, a counter-movement to the yellow West, on the road: A group called “Red scarves” (“foulards rouges”), called for the early afternoon to a March to Place de la Bastille. Under the Motto “Stop now, had enough, she wants to demonstrate against the violence in the for more than two months of ongoing yellow West-protests.

the Initiator of The “Red scarves”, Laurent Soulié, close to the party of “La République en Marche,” by President Emmanuel Macron. The 51-Year-old and his comrades-in-arms advertise for a “peaceful and respectful France” without hatred.

To defuse the conflict had responded to the Macron in December, with billions of social measures. In addition, he called for a “citizens ‘ debate”, at the citizens until the middle of March in their communities proposals. Macron took part in the past week, even on such a conversation in the South of the country.

jump into the EU Parliament?

the movement of The yellow West, has different currents, which also leads to conflicts. The activist Ingrid levavasseur is criticized because of her announced candidacy in the European elections from within its own ranks solid. You and some of the members had announced on Wednesday that the jump in the EU-Parliament car. (ij/sda)

Created: 26.01.2019, 22:35 Uhr