Thousands of 'yellow vest' protesters marched through Paris and other ...
PARIS - Thousands of “yellow vest” protesters marched through Paris and other French cities on Saturday, marking the 17th straight weekend of demonstrations despite attempts by President Emmanuel Macron to quell discontent with a nationwide series of debates.
People also gathered in Bordeaux, Lyon and Toulouse and smaller towns such as southerly Puy-en-Velay, with turnout at 2 p.m. local time slightly up at 7,000 across the country compared with 5,600 by the same time last Saturday, according to the interior ministry. What started out last November as a backlash against Macron’s plan to hike fuel taxes — part of his bid to push a cleaner energy model — has morphed into a broader movement decrying the government as out of touch with the hardships faced by some households and low-income workers.
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