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Sat Dec 8, 2018, 04:49 AM Dec 2018

Paris in lockdown as France braces for new anti-Macron riots [View all]

Source: France 24

Paris was in lockdown early on Saturday with thousands of French security forces braced to meet renewed rioting by "yellow vest" protesters in the capital and other cities in a fourth weekend of confrontation over living costs. The Eiffel Tower and other tourist landmarks were shut, shops were boarded up to avoid looting and street furniture removed to avoid metal bars from being used as projectiles.

About 89,000 police were deployed across the country. Of these, about 8,000 were deployed in Paris to avoid a repeat of last Saturday's mayhem when rioters torched cars and looted shops off the famed Champs Elysees boulevard, and defaced the Arc de Triomphe with graffiti directed at President Emmanuel Macron.

Protesters, using social media, have billed the weekend as "Act IV" in a dramatic challenge to Macron and his policies. The protests, named after the high-visibility safety jackets French motorists have to keep in their cars, erupted in November over the squeeze on household budgets caused by fuel taxes.

Demonstrations have since swelled into a broad, sometimes-violent rebellion against Macron - a challenge made more difficult to handle since the movement has no formal leader.



Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/20181208-paris-lockdown-france-yellow-vests-gilets-jaunes-anti-macron-riots-protests

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Link to live thread from The Guardian nitpicker Dec 2018 #1
Thank you for adding that link oberliner Dec 2018 #3
This rioting and Drumpf chants are very suspiciousl Rene Dec 2018 #7
No one in France is chanting "We want Trump" PassingFair Dec 2018 #13
FSB orangecrush Dec 2018 #17
My thought exactly... Rollo Dec 2018 #29
The FSB/GRU orangecrush Dec 2018 #46
Not in France Mz Pip Dec 2018 #25
Shows no signs of slowing down oberliner Dec 2018 #2
The government will have no choice but to crack down hard against the violence. This protest still_one Dec 2018 #5
The extreme right is definitely of great concern. We need to organize against it, like this... JudyM Dec 2018 #14
Good discussion, I watched it live. appalachiablue Dec 2018 #31
We need coordinated action to combat theirs. JudyM Dec 2018 #33
The protestors are either going to have to christx30 Dec 2018 #6
The security forces have no choice, they have to stop the violence and vandalism. still_one Dec 2018 #10
It was supposed to be security forces christx30 Dec 2018 #11
Thanks for killing the climate, then NickB79 Dec 2018 #15
Is it right to judge the protest and protesters on face value? Auggie Dec 2018 #18
It was started by "Anger Groups" on Facebook .99center Dec 2018 #30
Macron cut taxes on businesses christx30 Dec 2018 #19
And I don't want the mistakes of our generation to fall on my daughter's back NickB79 Dec 2018 #21
Even with the gas tax increase, gas is cheaper now than when Macron took office Recursion Dec 2018 #28
easy for you to say Marrah_Goodman Dec 2018 #24
I'll also edit my post accordingly. No doubt Macron is to blame for the uncompromising position still_one Dec 2018 #16
Governments should be beholden to their people. christx30 Dec 2018 #20
That is what elections are for. When you use words like "the government should be torn down", I still_one Dec 2018 #22
So you support the fascists ? That's who Russia and trump supports rockfordfile Dec 2018 #42
I support people that are tired of being christx30 Dec 2018 #48
Then you're simply repeating what you're told to repeat LanternWaste Dec 2018 #56
I've given details. christx30 Dec 2018 #57
If the far right right fascists take over France, then it should be boycotted rockfordfile Dec 2018 #37
sure, but until we get rid of our fascist in the WH, that is unlikely. Hopefully, my speculation is still_one Dec 2018 #39
The protestors are right-wing ethno-nationalist scum. Recursion Dec 2018 #27
I don't think all of them, but there is no doubt they have been infiltrated by that garbage, and I still_one Dec 2018 #32
the ethno nationlists are trying to co opt it agincourt Dec 2018 #50
No, the ethno-nationalists started it. Don't believe the bullshit about gas taxes Recursion Dec 2018 #52
What makes this extremely troubling is the acceleration of violence by these protesters which which still_one Dec 2018 #4
Been wondering the same thing Auggie Dec 2018 #8
No doubt Auggie, and it is a lose-lose situation for the government, because they have to crack down still_one Dec 2018 #9
And don't forget the Le pen faction is also stroking the flames. kimbutgar Dec 2018 #12
no doubt about that Kim still_one Dec 2018 #36
Going to disagree rpannier Dec 2018 #43
Macron was democratically elected. Trying to justify this violence by the protestors is bullshit still_one Dec 2018 #45
Of course there have been extreme elements that have joined trying to cause chaos rpannier Dec 2018 #49
"Whoever did not live in the years around 1789 ... Snellius Dec 2018 #23
Yeah... these people are nationalist right wing scum You do *not* want this revolution Recursion Dec 2018 #26
French politics is not so simple. Snellius Dec 2018 #40
Really? All are right wing scum rpannier Dec 2018 #44
Thanks for your input JonLP24 Dec 2018 #55
Member of an Italian neo-fascist party in Paris today .99center Dec 2018 #34
They should arrest him.France has to remember what the fascists from the past did to their country. rockfordfile Dec 2018 #41
Yep! shenmue Dec 2018 #51
It has been infiltrated by the le Pen Nazis. Perhaps someone should educate this VIOLENT ASSHOLES still_one Dec 2018 #35
The Russians are involved in this up to their neck. France needs to find the creators of this farce rockfordfile Dec 2018 #38
Yes, they are indeed... JCMach1 Dec 2018 #58
Now in Brussels and Amsterdam. moondust Dec 2018 #47
This has brexit type crap written all over it. rockfordfile Dec 2018 #53
This unrest has the smell of neo-fascist instigation to it. roamer65 Dec 2018 #54
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