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Yellow vest activists staged peaceful demonstrations across France on Sunday, a day after scuffles between Paris police and protesters marred the anniversary of their movement for economic justice.
Local yellow vest groups gathered at roundabouts across France where the movement emerged one year ago.

In Paris, dozens of protesters briefly rallied under the dome of Paris’ Galeries Lafayette store to denounce consumer culture. They were later expelled by security guards and police.
A few hundred others staged a demonstration near Les Halles shopping centre, in the centre of the capital.
Paris police said at least 31 people were detained on Sunday, in addition to 173 others the day before.




Interior minister Christophe Castaner deplored Saturday’s violence on CNews television. Most incidents happened on Place d’Italie, in the southeast of the capital, where police used tear gas and water cannons to push back protesters who were smashing windows and setting fires to vehicles and trash cans.
Authorities said about 28,000 people took part in rallies across France on Saturday, including 4,700 in Paris. Yellow vest activists said there were 44,000.
Fiery clashes as ‘yellow vests’ revive protests across France
On November 17, 2018, hundreds of thousands of people occupied roads and tollbooths, blocking traffic around the country to protest a fuel tax hike. The sometimes-violent protests have increasingly vented anger at the broader economic policies pursued by centrist President Emmanuel Macron, who is seen as favouring the rich.
The movement was named after the fluorescent garments French motorists must carry in case of emergency.


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France’s yellow vests stage peaceful new protests for anniversary of movement calling for economic justice

Yellow Vests protesters gather in central Paris to mark the one year anniversary of the protest movement. Photo: EPA-EFE

epa08003884 'Gilets Jaunes' (Yellow Vests) protesters gather in central Paris to mark the one year anniversary of the protest movement, in Paris, France, 17 November 2019. November 17 marks one year to the day since the Yellow Vest movement started their weekly protest action in France. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

Fiery clashes as ‘yellow vests’ revive protests across France

A police car burns on the sidelines of a yellow vest demonstration in Montpellier on Saturday. Photo: AFP

A protester throws back a tear gas canister during an anti-government demonstration called by the "Yellow Vests" (Gilets Jaunes) movement in Montpellier, southern France on September 7, 2019. (Photo by Pascal GUYOT / AFP)

Protesters walk past burning trash bins during an anti-government demonstration called by the "Yellow Vests" (Gilets Jaunes) movement on September 7, 2019 in Montpellier, southern France. (Photo by Pascal GUYOT / AFP)

Ban sought on French riot police using rubber bullets in ‘yellow vest’ street protests

TOPSHOT - CORRECTION - A picture taken on January 29, 2019 in Paris shows a mural by French artist collective Black Lines and depicting a man wounded in the eye and reading "What does the police ? It's so obvious" (Que fait la Police? Ca creve les yeux!). - French anti-government "yellow vest" activist, badly injured in the eye at a protest, was struck with one of the controversial rubber bullets used by police, his lawyer said on January 27, 2019. The devices -- which are not used in most European countries -- have become deeply controversial in France since the protests began in November, blamed for dozens of serious injuries. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION / “The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Thomas SAMSON has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: French artist collective Black Lines instead of French

Riot police officers aim at protesters with rubber bullets less lethal gun during an anti-government demonstration called by the Yellow Vests "Gilets Jaunes" movement in Nantes, western France, on January 26, 2019. - 'Yellow vest' anti-government protesters have taken to the streets in France for the 11th consecutive Saturday on January 26, despite recent divisions in their ranks, and with a displayed tenacity facing an executive which is regaining popularity ten days after the opening of the "great national debate", the French president's bid to prove he will take on board the fierce criticism of "yellow vest" protesters who have upended his reform agenda. (Photo by SEBASTIEN SALOM GOMIS / AFP)

Jerome Rodrigues, one of the leading figures of the "yellow vests" (gilets jaunes) movement, speaks to the press outside the Council of State in Paris, on January 30, 2019, after he was severely injured in the eye during a "yellow vest" anti-government protest. - Rodrigues claimed he was hit by a rubber bullet during clashes at the Bastille square on January 26, but the French junior interior minister said there was "no indication" that his facial injuries were caused by a rubber projectile. Rodrigues said he was also hit in the foot by a stun grenade. (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP)

Protesters, rights groups and some sections of the French media have blamed some of the more serious injuries on the 40mm rubber projectiles. Photo: Reuters

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Paris police said at least 31 people were detained on Sunday, in addition to 173 others the day before



Paris police said at least 31 people were detained on Sunday, in addition to 173 others the day before.


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France’s yellow vests stage peaceful new protests for anniversary of movement calling for economic justice

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Paris police said at least 31 people were detained on Sunday, in addition to 173 others the day before