France Braces for 19th Weekend of ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests

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Posted by: Mazur Rodica

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23 Mar. 2019 / 18:30

France Braces for 19th Weekend of ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests

French security forces were deployed across Paris and other cities on Saturday as the country braced for a 19th weekend of “Yellow Vest” demonstrations, following a surge of violence last weekend that caught the authorities by surprise after months of dwindling numbers and calmer protests, The New York Times reports.

Nearly 6,000 police officers were out on the streets of Paris, especially around the Champs-Élysées and the Arc de Triomphe, areas that have become the focus of months of protests and where the authorities this past week banned demonstrations. The areas around the National Assembly and the Élysée presidential palace were also closed off.

As of early afternoon, according to the news agency Agence France-Presse, the police in Paris outnumbered the Yellow Vests there almost by two to one, with the Interior Ministry estimating 3,100 protesters in the capital and 8,300 nationwide.

Protests were also banned in areas of other cities like Bordeaux, Toulouse and Nice, where President Xi Jinping of China, who is on a tour of Europe, is expected to stay on Sunday after a dinner with President Emmanuel Macron.

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