Measures announced by Macron do not satisfy the 'yellow vests', who are holding their 24th protest.
Two days after President Emmanuel Macron's announcements in response to the social crisis in France, the "yellow vests" mobilized again this Saturday (27) with demonstrations, mainly in Paris and Strasbourg (northeast)
RFI - Two days after President Emmanuel Macron's announcements in response to the social crisis in France, the "yellow vests" mobilized again this Saturday (27) with demonstrations, mainly in Paris and Strasbourg (northeast).
On Thursday evening (25), the French president announced at a press conference a set of measures aimed at increasing the purchasing power of the middle and lower classes. The proposals did not convince the "yellow vests".
For the past five months, the "yellow vests" have been demanding greater social and fiscal justice every Saturday, in protests that have sometimes been marked by violence.
According to authorities, approximately 23.600 people participated in the protests across the country.
Red and yellow vests
In the French capital, the Yellow Vests split into two groups. The first, reinforced by the CGT union, which called its militants dressed in red vests, marched from the Montparnasse area towards Place d'Italie, in the south of the capital.
"Purchasing power must be enough to live with dignity, to eat, to feed one's children, to have a place to live in a rich country. As a trade union activist, I have demands. And they are the same as those of the Yellow Vests," trade unionist Eric told RFI in Paris.
Other protesters marched past the headquarters of major media outlets based in the capital, in protest against the media's coverage of the movement.
Violence
In Strasbourg, in northeastern France, the protests were more tense due to the participation of black bloc rioters. The city hall banned protests in parts of the city's historic center, such as the train station and near European institutions like the European Parliament.
In Toulouse (southwest), a protest was called in the city center, despite the fact that demonstrations in the Place du Capitole, in the historic center, had been banned again. The "yellow vests" also took to the streets of Montpellier and Marseille. In Lille (north), Rennes (west) or Rouen (northwest), demonstrations were also banned in the city centers.