PARIS — Paris police deployed in large numbers Saturday for the fifth straight weekend of demonstrations by the “yellow vest” protesters, with authorities repeating calls for calm after protests on previous weekends turned violent. Paris police said 21 people had been detained by mid-morning in Paris before the protests. He said the protests had long stopped being about the fuel tax and had turned into a movement for economic justice. But on the streets of Paris on Saturday, some protesters were saying the president still didn’t understand them. “I think that Macron isn’t in touch with what the yellow vests want.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 15, 2018 10:07 UTC