Yellow vest anger burns in France, fuelled by Notre-Dame donations

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French yellow vest protesters set fires along a march route through Paris on Saturday to drive home their message to a government they see as out of touch with the problems of the poor: that rebuilding the fire-ravaged Notre-Dame Cathedral isn't the only problem France needs to solve.

Like the high-visibility vests the protesters wear, the scattered small fires in Paris appeared to be a collective plea to the government to "look at me - I need help too!"Police fired water cannon and sprayed tear gas to try to control radical elements on the margins of the largely peaceful march, one of several actions around Paris and other French cities.

Paris police headquarters said authorities detained 137 people by early afternoon and carried out spot checks on more than 14,000 people trying to enter the capital for Saturday's protests. One protester carried a huge wooden cross resembling those carried in Good Friday processions as he walked on a nearby Paris embankment.

The heavy police presence meant subway stations and roads around Paris were closed on Saturday, thwarting tourists trying to enjoy the French capital on a warm spring day.

 

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The only way this will end is Macron goes or calls elections and respects the people will .

Since its week 26 or something I doubt it

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