French police fired tear gas to push back protesters who tried to march toward t...
PARIS - French police fired tear gas to push back protesters who tried to march toward the European Parliament building in the eastern city of Strasbourg on the 25th consecutive weekend of protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s policies.
The so-called ‘yellow vests’ protesters were back on the streets across France two days after Macron outlined policy proposals including tax cuts worth around 5 billion euros in response to the protests. Many in the grassroots movement, which lacks a leadership structure, have said Macron’s proposals did not go far enough and most of what he announced lacked details.
In the capital Paris, which has witnessed some of the worst violence in past protests, Saturday’s demonstration, jointly organized with hard-left trade union confederation CGT, was mostly calm. Protesters also gathered in Lyon and Bordeaux.
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