Yellow Vests

Paris police detain nearly 300 ahead of anti-govt demonstrations as city braces for 'yellow vest' protests

Clad in their luminous road safety jackets, dozens of demonstrators — who accuse President Emmanuel Macron of only looking out for the rich — gathered at dawn on the Champs-Elysees, the scene last Saturday of the worst rioting in Paris for decades.

'Yellow vests will win': Violence breaks out in Paris as protesters refuse to back down even after police books 412 people on Saturday

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday surveyed the damage from a day of riots across Paris and led a crisis meeting that ended with a call for further talks with anti-government activists who have staged two weeks of protests.