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On Saturday morning the French police picked up around 25 'yellow vests' during preventive checks in and around Paris around 09.30. Last week around that time there were already...

The French authorities are preparing for new protests from the Yellow Hesjes. In Paris, about eight thousand security troops watch over safety on Saturday, police say. There are also...

After three 'black Saturdays' and blockades throughout the country, Emmanuel Macron finally speaks. The measures that the president is going to announce must calm the Yellow Hesjes. Their dissatisfaction arose about the increase of an ecotax on fuel, but is now about expensive life and too high taxes in general.

In the week-long crisis around the 'yellow hesjes' protests, French president Emmanuel Macron wants to publicly express himself on Monday evening. That confirmed sources in the Élysée to the German news agency DPA. The head of state wants to address the people at 8.00 pm with a speech for television.

France has begun an investigation into possible Russian interference with the Yellow Hesjes protests that have kept the country in its grip for a few weeks now. French security services are examining whether the Russians are indeed interfering with the demonstrations, said foreign minister Le Drian.

French President Emmanuel Macron has invited representatives of, among others, trade unions and employers for consultations on Monday at the Élysée in Paris. Several sources have told the BFMTV channel that the consultation starts at 10.00 am and that it is about the demonstrations of the 'Yellow Hesjes' that have gotten out of hand four weekends in a row.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has called on Donald Trump to stop interfering with the protests of the demonstrators in Yellow Hesjes in France. Le Drian said in a TV program that France does not interfere in domestic affairs in the US. He stressed that France expects the same from Washington.

The French President Emmanuel Macron, who has been virtually invisible for almost eight days, speaks to the nation on Monday or Tuesday about the wave of protest and riots. They are from the protest movement of the 'gilets jaunes' (yellow vests) since October.

The French intelligence service is investigating whether there are many fake 'gilets jaunes' (yellow vests) on social media. The false 'yellow vests' should make the scale of the massive protest in France against the erosion of purchasing power by taxes even greater.

There was an immense police force needed and even armored vehicles, but extreme violence remained Saturday in Paris. It was not as dramatic as last week, when the Arc de Triomphe was daubed and the head of a statue of Marianne, the symbol of France, was taken. That is a small windfall for Emmanuel Macron.

The expected explosion of violence around the fourth demonstration of the yellow vests in Paris did not work out. Nevertheless, demolitions were caused and plundered. The police grasped hard.

The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan thinks that the police in Paris and Brussels, for example, have been guilty of 'excessive violence' against the demonstrators in yellow vests. He said that the chaos rules in Europe, especially in Paris.

The protests of the Yellow Hesjes turn into total chaos. Reporter Daniel van Dam reports that the atmosphere becomes increasingly grim at the beginning of the evening: 'The security cameras are being pulled off the wall and people are fighting each other.'

Donald Trump has established in a tweet that the Paris climate agreement is not doing so well for France. 'Protests and uproar throughout France. People do not want to pay large sums of money, many of which go to third world countries (which are led in a dubious way) to preserve the environment, 'said the US president.

The French riot police have used tear gas against the thousands of Yellow Hesjes that have gathered in the center of Paris since this morning.

France braces itself for new protests from the Geel Hesjes movement. Hundreds of demonstrators have already gathered Saturday morning in the center of Paris.

The French police arrested more than 30 people shortly before the protests that are being held on Saturday in the country.

France braces itself for new protests. Around 8000 security forces are deployed in Paris and tourist attractions such as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre remain closed. The authorities also pick up street stuff that can be used as improvised weapons.

Chief of Police of the National Police Erik Akerboom after a visit to Paris Friday night attracted a yellow jacket.

Paris is preparing for a weekend of violent demonstrations. The French government sends tens of thousands of agents into the streets to suppress protests of the 'Yellow Hesjes'. Not exactly a perfect opportunity for a weekend trip to the otherwise romantic city of light.

The Eiffel Tower in Paris remains closed to the public on Saturday in connection with the protests in the French capital of the movement of the 'yellow vests'. The announced demonstrations do not allow the leadership of the Eiffel Tower to 'greet the visitors in safe circumstances', according to a statement from the operators of the attraction

According to French media, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe promises Tuesday that there will be no more excise duties on petrol and diesel. The government would thereby wipe out the growing turmoil that on Saturday in the streets of Paris culminated in violent clashes between demonstrators and the police.

Hiding from angry demonstrators, stinging eyes of tear gas grenades and running hours due to lack of metros and taxis. Tourists saw this weekend their trip to Paris in the water by the violent demonstrations of the 'gilets jaunes'.

The French president Emmanuel Macron wants to postpone a planned visit to Serbia for a few weeks. That is what the Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić announced after a telephone conversation with his French colleague.

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has to talk to representatives of the 'yellow vests' demonstrators and the parliamentary leaders from parliament. President Emmanuel Macron has commissioned the prime minister in response to large-scale riots in Paris and other French cities.

After his return from Argentina, French President Emmanuel Macron immediately paid a visit to the Arc de Triomphe. The famous triumphal arch in Paris suffered damage during the heavy riots of Saturday.

The French government is considering a temporary introduction of the state of emergency to new violent protests from 'yellow vests'. to prevent. The French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with his Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior on Sunday to discuss the ongoing riots. Among other things, they want to see how a dialogue can be started with the protest movement of yellow vests, which has no real leaders.

French President Emmanuel Macron believes that the wave of violence and vandalism in Paris on Saturday can not be justified in any way.

During the third demonstration of 'yellow vests' in Paris Saturday riots broke out again. The riot police seized hard. During confrontations, at least 65 people were injured, including eleven police officers, the police reported in the French capital at the end of the afternoon.

The French riot police fired tear gas in Paris and deployed a water thrower during a new demonstration of so-called Gilets Jaunes, demonstrators in yellow vests. The metropolitan police reports that 24 arrests have already been made.