PARIS—Scuffles between Paris police and activists on Nov. 16 marred the anniversary of the birth of the yellow vest movement, which opposes government policies seen as favoring the rich. On a day of largely peaceful demonstrations across France, there were a few violent incidents in the capital that ended with police firing tear gas and […]
PARIS—French yellow vest protesters set fires along a march route through Paris on Saturday, April 20, to drive home their message to a government they see as out of touch with the problems of the poor: that rebuilding the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral isn’t the only problem France needs to solve. Like the high-visibility vests […]
TOULOUSE—Yellow vest demonstrators clashed with riot police in the French city of Toulouse on Saturday, even as President Emmanuel Macron prepared a series of policy announcements aimed at quelling 22 consecutive weekends of anti-government protests. Police in the southeastern city fired teargas and arrested 23 people after several hundred demonstrators threw objects and set fire […]
Soldiers will be deployed in Paris for the next edition of “yellow vest” protests on Saturday, March 23, a government spokesman announced this week. The soldiers, part of the “Operation Sentinelle,” have been used since 2015 to counter Islamist attacks in the country. The announcement of the reinforced mobilisation by the government on Wednesday has […]
PARIS—A French yellow vest protester’s hand was ripped apart on Feb. 9, during violent clashes in Paris as demonstrators tried to storm the French National Assembly in a 13th consecutive week of unrest. Police said the injured protester lost four fingers as police swooped in to stop protesters from breaching the parliament’s exterior. Police could […]
France is considering banning police from using weapons like rubber bullet launchers and “sting-ball” grenades, following serious injuries during “yellow vest” protests. Several protesters are alleged to have lost eyes and had limbs mutilated after being hit by the explosive weapons. “Sting-ball” grenades contain TNT explosive and can eject small rubber balls and teargas to […]
PAHRUMP, Nevada—A group of Nevada activists announced on Jan. 21 their independence from the current state, in the effort to break the rural counties away and form a new state called New Nevada. The activists in the New Nevada state movement are hoping to break all 15 rural counties away from Nevada. If the movement […]
Paris police fired water cannon and tear gas to push back “yellow vest” demonstrators from around the Arc de Triomphe monument on Saturday, in the ninth straight weekend of protests against French President Emmanuel Macron’s economic reforms. Thousands of protesters in Paris marched noisily but mostly peacefully through the Grands Boulevards shopping area in northern […]
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has announced plans to punish people who hold unauthorized protests after weeks of anti-government unrest, including acts of violence. Philippe made the comments on TF1 television after rioters in Paris’s upscale Boulevard Saint-Germain torched motorbikes and set barricades ablaze on Jan. 5. His government wants to draft new legislation similar […]
