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| Gilets jaunes protesters turn out in Paris for fifth weekend | Gilets jaunes protesters turn out in Paris for fifth weekend |
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| Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of French cities in the fifth weekend of nationwide demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s government, despite calls to hold off after a gun attack in Strasbourg earlier this week. | Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of French cities in the fifth weekend of nationwide demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s government, despite calls to hold off after a gun attack in Strasbourg earlier this week. |
| Police were out in force in Paris to contain possible outbreaks of violence, but several major stores, including Galeries Lafayette, were open to Christmas shoppers. | Police were out in force in Paris to contain possible outbreaks of violence, but several major stores, including Galeries Lafayette, were open to Christmas shoppers. |
| If you want to understand the gilets jaunes, get out of Paris | Nora Bensaâdoune | If you want to understand the gilets jaunes, get out of Paris | Nora Bensaâdoune |
| .Teargas was fired at small groups of protesters in brief clashes with riot police near the Champs Élysées, but a police source said there were fewer protesters than last Saturday. | .Teargas was fired at small groups of protesters in brief clashes with riot police near the Champs Élysées, but a police source said there were fewer protesters than last Saturday. |
| A handful of topless activists from the feminist protest group Femen faced security forces a few meters away from the Élysée Palace, the president’s residence. | A handful of topless activists from the feminist protest group Femen faced security forces a few meters away from the Élysée Palace, the president’s residence. |
| The gilet jaunes or yellow vests movement started in mid-November with protests at junctions and roundabouts against fuel tax increases, but quickly became a wider mobilisation against the French president’s economic policies. | The gilet jaunes or yellow vests movement started in mid-November with protests at junctions and roundabouts against fuel tax increases, but quickly became a wider mobilisation against the French president’s economic policies. |
| Successive weekends of protests in Paris have led to vandalism and violent clashes with security forces. | Successive weekends of protests in Paris have led to vandalism and violent clashes with security forces. |
| Loic Bollay, 44, marching on the Champs Élysées, said the protests were more subdued than in previous weeks but that the movement would go on until the demonstrators’ grievances were addressed. | Loic Bollay, 44, marching on the Champs Élysées, said the protests were more subdued than in previous weeks but that the movement would go on until the demonstrators’ grievances were addressed. |
| “Since the Strasbourg attack, it is calmer, but I think next Saturday and the following Saturdays ... it will come back.” | “Since the Strasbourg attack, it is calmer, but I think next Saturday and the following Saturdays ... it will come back.” |
| The gilets jaunes have cowed Macron. But for them, that’s just the start | John Lichfield | The gilets jaunes have cowed Macron. But for them, that’s just the start | John Lichfield |
| The interior minister said around 69,000 police were active on Saturday with a reinforced presence in Toulouse, Bordeaux and Saint-Étienne. | The interior minister said around 69,000 police were active on Saturday with a reinforced presence in Toulouse, Bordeaux and Saint-Étienne. |
| A police source said 16,000 protesters had been counted across the country, excluding Paris, by 1100 GMT, compared to 22,000 at the same time on 8 December. | A police source said 16,000 protesters had been counted across the country, excluding Paris, by 1100 GMT, compared to 22,000 at the same time on 8 December. |
| In Paris, where groups of hundreds of protesters marched in splintered groups in several neighbourhoods, 85 had been arrested by around midday, according to a police official. | In Paris, where groups of hundreds of protesters marched in splintered groups in several neighbourhoods, 85 had been arrested by around midday, according to a police official. |
| Macron called on Friday for a return to calm in France after nearly a month of protests that have hit growth and caused widespread disruption. “France needs calm, order and a return to normal,” he said after a meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels. | Macron called on Friday for a return to calm in France after nearly a month of protests that have hit growth and caused widespread disruption. “France needs calm, order and a return to normal,” he said after a meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels. |
| In a televised address to the nation on Monday, he announced wage rises for the poorest workers and tax cuts for pensioners in further concessions meant to end the movement, but many said they would maintain the pressure. | In a televised address to the nation on Monday, he announced wage rises for the poorest workers and tax cuts for pensioners in further concessions meant to end the movement, but many said they would maintain the pressure. |
| The government and several unions and opposition politicians called on protesters to stay off the streets on Saturday, after four people were killed in a gun attack at a Christmas market in Strasbourg. | The government and several unions and opposition politicians called on protesters to stay off the streets on Saturday, after four people were killed in a gun attack at a Christmas market in Strasbourg. |
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