A crowd of “yellow vest” protesters have marched down the Champs-Elysees avenue in central Paris surrounded by police security amid fears of new violence. A crowd of “yellow vest” protesters have marched down the Champs-Elysees avenue in central Paris surrounded by police security amid fears of new violence. Riot police (Michel Euler/AP)Prized Paris monuments and normally busy shopping meccas have been locked down after Mr Macron’s government warned that Saturday’s “yellow vest” protests in the capital will be hijacked by “radicalised and rebellious” crowds and become the most dangerous yet after three weeks of demonstrations. Yellow vest protesters (Bob Edme/AP)Mr Macron agreed to abandon the fuel tax hike, but that has not defused the anger, embodied by the fluorescent safety vests French motorists are required to keep in their cars. “Take care of Paris on Saturday because Paris belongs to all the French people.”Demonstrations are also planned in neighbouring Belgium and in the Netherlands.

Source: Irish Independent December 08, 2018 08:37 UTC