Thousands of 'yellow vests' hit French streets in fifth Saturday of protests
Defiant "Yellow Vest" demonstrators gathered on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Saturday morning for a fifth and decisive weekend of protests despite calls by the French government to stay home. President Emmanuel Macron, facing the biggest crisis of his presidency, announced a series of concessions on Monday to defuse the explosive "yellow vest" movement which swelled up from rural and small-town France last month.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 15 December 2018
- Modified Date: 06:31 | 15 December 2018
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