{"id":28826,"date":"2019-01-12T10:22:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T10:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=28826"},"modified":"2019-01-12T10:22:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T10:22:57","slug":"france-braces-for-fresh-yellow-vest-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=28826","title":{"rendered":"France braces for fresh yellow vest protests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The central French<\/a> city of Bourges is shuttering shops to brace for possible violence between police and yellow vest protesters, as the nationwide movement seeks a new stage for its weekly demonstrations.<\/p>\n

Paris, too, is hunkering down for a ninth weekend of anti-government protests on Saturday. France’s government has deployed 80,000 security forces for the day, and Interior Minister Christophe Castaner threatened tough retaliation against violence.<\/p>\n

Online groups mounted calls through the week for mass protests in Bourges, but Paris police said they wouldn’t let down their guard, notably around government buildings and the Champs-Elysees, scene of repeated rioting in past protests.<\/p>\n

In last Saturday’s protests,\u00a0protesters clashed with police in several French cities, smashing their way into a government ministry in Paris with a forklift.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Griveaux – a government spokesperson evacuated from his ministry in central Paris on Saturday when a handful of protesters in high-visibility vests smashed down the large wooden door to the ministry compound – denounced the break-in as an “unacceptable attack on the Republic”.<\/p>\n

Failed concessions<\/h2>\n

The protest movement waned over the holidays but appears to be resurging, despite concessions by President Emmanuel Macron<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Initial unrest was sparked by Macron’s decision to raise the price of fuel, which had been set to take effect on January 1.<\/p>\n

The increases were justified by the French leader as necessary to combat climate change and protect the environment.<\/p>\n

Macron abandoned the proposal in response to the protests – named after fluorescent vests French motorists must keep in cars – and announced extra cash for minimum wage earners in addition to tax cuts for struggling pensioners.<\/p>\n

Protesters are now demanding deeper changes to France’s economy and politics but no central leadership or unified set of demands has emerged within the movement.<\/p>\n

The unrest in France has inspired activists elsewhere, with copycat protests emerging in neighbouring countries, and as far away as Taiwan<\/a> and Lebanon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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