PARIS — Protesters from the yellow vest movement took to the streets of France on Saturday for a 21st straight weekend, with thousands marching across Paris and a group briefly invading the busy beltway around the capital. The Interior Ministry reported initial attendance figures that put the number of protesters in Paris at midday at 3,100, compared to the 1,800 who were counted a week earlier at the same time, French media reported. The number of people taking part in the yellow vest demonstrations has been dwindling since the first protests over fuel taxes in mid-November, when hundreds of thousands turned out. You’ll see.”The grassroots yellow vest movement began with the outcry over fuel tax hikes, and got its name because demonstrators wore the fluorescent safety vests motorists are required to carry in France. The yellow vest movement “hasn’t stopped at all,” Drouet told LCI.

Source: National Post April 06, 2019 11:26 UTC