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More than 100,000 people have taken to the streets in France in another round of cost-of-living rallies organised by the “Yellow Vests” and various youth movements.
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people → take → Vests
Saturday’s protests saw a decline in turnout compared with previous weekends and stayed largely calm, authorities said.
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authorities → see → weekends
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wave → clash → protest
The Ministry of the Interior reported that 106,000 people took part in protests nationwide, including 24,000 in Paris – down from 146,000 people nationwide and 46,000 in Paris last week.
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people → report → Paris
Student unions place Saturday’s protest numbers higher, at 200,000 people, including almost 100,000 in the capital.
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unions → place → capital
The country has been gripped by high-school blockades, mass demonstrations, and strikes for more than a month, with protesters rallying against falling educational standards, cost-of-living increases, low wages, and police violence.
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protesters → grip → living
A number of demonstrators also carried signs targeting President Emmanuel Macron, who has faced significant criticism from protesters.
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who → carry → protesters
Some rallies in recent weeks have seen violence at the fringes, and the first major protest on October 17 saw looting in cities across France.
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protest → see → France
Since then, police presence at rallies and controls on transport and permits to protest have been expanded.
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presence → protest → transport
Marseille, France’s second-largest city, banned protests over the weekend, but the prefecture announced that some 3,500 people still took to the streets.
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people → ban → streets
Local media reported that tear gas and a water cannon were used against protesters and shared images of fires burning in a popular local square.
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gas → report → square
In Lyon, local media reported that roughly 8,000 people took to the streets.
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people → report → streets
They shared images of masked protesters chanting in front of fires lit in the street and police charging and using tear gas.
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police → share → gas
Tear gas use was also reported in Nantes, Bordeaux and Paris.
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use → report → Nantes
More protests planned
Unions have called for a new day of strikes on Tuesday after rejecting a government promise to increase the minimum wage by 0.6 percent as “crumbs”.
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Unions → plan → crumbs
If the demonstrations go ahead, they will take place on the eighth anniversary of the Gilet Jaune – which translates to “Yellow Vest” in French – movement, which rocked the beginning of the Macron government in 2018 with two years of protests triggered by rising fuel prices.
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which → go → prices
On Tuesday, the Yellow Vests will “celebrate their eight years where it all started: on roundabouts and toll booths all over France”, Yellow Vest protest tracking website 17octobregiletjaune.net writes.
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website → celebrate → France
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