France is experiencing a new weekend of demonstrations of "yellow vests"

(Live Signal – La Vanguardia)

France is experiencing a new weekend of events "yellow vests", the fourteen consecutive, in which there are fears, as in the previous ones, of riots despite the fact that the mobilization has decreased recently.

On the eve of this Sunday, the three months of the beginning of November November 17 of this movement which calls for measures in favor of the power of purchase and denounces the policy of the president Emmanuel Macron, in the day of this Saturday are scheduled concentrations in at least twenty cities of the country.

In Paris, several calls were made to different places with colorful messages, for example a call to "insurrections"and block"as long as possible"The Plaza de la Estrella, where is the Arc de Triomphe, at the end of the Avenue des Champs-Elysees.

For Sunday there is also another appointment, in this case declared and will "peaceful", that we must leave the Champs-Elysees to finish in the Champ de Mars, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

The Paris police prefecture indicated that the protesters would have a security device "coherent"

According to figures from the Ministry of the Interior, protests in recent weeks are not only far from the some 290,000 people gathered in its first edition on November 17 across the country. they lost strength in terms of mobilization.

According to Interior, on September 9, 51,400 demonstrators were in the street, against 84,000 on January 12. However, the "yellow vests" reject this data and claim that Saturday, 118 200 people participated in the demonstrations.

The Elabe Demographic Institute, in a poll released last Wednesday, noted that for the first time since the beginning of the protests a majority of French (56%) want the end of the movement. For 64% of the respondents, the demonstrations moved away from the initial claims.

One of the aspects that has led to an increase in the number of people who oppose "yellow vests" is the acts of violence which, according to the prime minister, Édouard Philippe, have already led to 1,796 convictions on Tuesday.

In three months, the police and the gendarmerie made 7,500 arrests in areas of economic concentration, particularly in the areas of trade and tourism.

In the last quarter of 2018, France slowed its economic growth and reduced its gross domestic product (GDP) by one tenth, which coincided with the crisis of "yellow vests".

(With EFE information)