PARIS - French police used a water cannon and fired tear gas in Paris on Saturday to drive back protesters marking the first anniversary of anti-government"yellow vest" demonstrations.
They set trash bins on fire and hurled cobblestones and bottles at riot police while building barricades. The protests lost strength in recent months, going from tens of thousands of participants to just a few thousand, but the movement's leaders called for people to turn out on Saturday to mark the first anniversary.Protests have been banned near tourists spots such as the Eiffel Tower and 20 subway stations were closed on Saturday.The yellow vest movement was one of the toughest challenges to Macron's presidency before it dwindled in the early summer.
The yellow vest crisis forced Macron to make policy concessions and delay the next big wave of reforms, including overhauling the pension and unemployment systems.
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