PARIS—Protesters turned out across France for a fifth successive weekend but in smaller numbers than previously, suggesting a shift in the intensity of an antigovernment movement that has forced concessions from President Emmanuel Macron. By midafternoon, France’s Interior Ministry said 33,500 protesters wearing yellow reflective vests—or “gilets jaunes”—were taking part in demonstrations across the country. That is roughly half the 70,000 counted at the same time of day a week earlier, when rioters smashed and looted stores...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 15, 2018 13:30 UTC