At least fifty thousand people take part in the mass protests of the movement "yellow jackets," said the radio station France Info, referring to the message of the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs Christoph Costanera.

Saturday's marches began the eighth round of demonstrations, which began at the end of the second decade of November with the requirement not to increase taxes on gasoline.

according to the newspaper Monde, in Paris, the protests involved about 4 thousand people. The mass procession started from the square of the Hotel de Ville at Moscow city hall.

in Paris and other cities of the Campaign are accompanied by clashes with the police. In the capital, police repeatedly used tear gas.

according to the BFMTV, the police tied stock 18.

The print edition of the Parisien underlines that the official envoy of the French government Benjamin Hryvnia had to be evacuated from the Cabinet after the invasion, a group of protesters into the courtyard of the Ministry. According to witnesses, about fifteen people dressed in black and yellow jackets, kicked the door of the office With the help of construction machines. Said that Protesters tried to invade other ministries.

"Not attacked me and on the Republic, its institutions," said Grivot, quoted print edition. Official to represent the government condemned such actions, calling them unacceptable.

Protesters also set fire to a small barge on the Seine. Police used rubber bullets to displace the protesters.

The action "yellow jackets" who from the beginning opposed to the increase in gasoline prices, and then expressing dissatisfaction with the social situation in France, was launched on 17 November. Many protests are accompanied by clashes of protesters with the police, pogroms and arsons of cars, destruction of outlets and credit institutions.



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