France’s ‘yellow vests’ rail at police violenceInterior ministry figures — consistently dismissed as underestimates by the protesters — put the turnout across France at 22,300 of whom 3,500 were in Paris. These are the lowest figures officially recorded, and significantly down on the 282,000 who turned out for the first yellow vest rally in November last year. Castaner has been heavily criticised both by yellow vest activists and opposition politicians for having played down reports of police violence despite growing numbers of serious injuries among protesters. French to mark three months of ‘yellow vest’ protestsBut many yellow vest activists have denounced the exercise as a smoke screen designed to distract attention from their movement. France has been rocked by months of weekly Saturday protests by the yellow vests, which emerged over fuel taxes before snowballing into a broad revolt against Macron.

Source: The Express Tribune April 07, 2019 10:52 UTC