“French protests continue on a smaller scale”
“For the sixth weekend in a row, the Yellow vests protested in France, but turnout has dropped significantly compared with the previous protests.”
“About 38 600 people participated in demonstrations around the country on Saturday, according to the ministry of the interior. It can be compared with the 66 000 who were out on the streets at the same time a week earlier – and the nearly 300 000 of which signed up during the first protest on 17 november.”
“a Total of arrested 220 people during the Saturday, of which 81 were kept in jail. In Paris, a group of protesters to chase in the path of riot police in the vicinity of the avenue des Champs-Élysées.”
“After that initially have proven to cool the face of the protesters’ demands, the continuing protests forced the president of Emmanuel Macron to make some concessions.”
“the Health minister Agnès Buzyn believe that the government now is in the phase with the Yellow västarnas requirements, and calls to”
“– When Emmanuel Macron came to power, there was a sense of a social fracture, a sick country. And it is very painful to realize that we have not been able to calm down the situation, on the contrary, the verbal and physical violence become more widespread, says health minister Agnès Buzyn to the newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche.”
“the Government’s spokesperson Benjamin Griveaux is sharper in tone. On Twitter he writes that cowardice, racism, anti-semitism and kuppmentalitet hiding behind the violent behavior from the most radical demonstrators.”
“Near the French-Spanish border, said the two journalists who covered the demonstrations for the television channel France 2 that they were attacked by the people from the Yellow vests.”
“the Number of demonstrators has gradually declined since close to 300 000 participated in the first protest on 17 november, directed the promontory to the planned increases in fuel tax. Since then, the protest movement come to focus on a broader dissatisfaction with the Macrons leadership style and his economic policies, which critics believe benefits the rich on the less bemedlades expense.”
“Pressured by the protests, promised the president of the republic recently to raise the minimum wage and scrap a planned tax increase for pensioners.”
“Even though the demonstrations have slowed down is visible an impact on the holiday shopping season. According to Agnès Pannier-Runacher, at the ministry of finance, traders reported a decline of approximately 25 percent in average turnover compared with the same period last year.”
“the Yellow vests (Gilets jaunes) is a loosely connected initiatives, which initially formed to protest against raising the tax on gasoline and diesel. The protests have since grown to include a more general dissatisfaction against the French republic Emmanuel Macron and his policies.”
“Several Saturdays in a row, tens of thousands of demonstrators taken to the streets in Paris and other French cities such as Lille and Marseille. Occasionally, the protests have been violent and led to vandalism.”
“During the demonstrations on 1 december, the arc de triomphe nedklottrad and luxury boutiques along the Champs-Élysées had their window panes smashed. Over 260 people were injured, including several police officers, and over 400 were arrested.”