Deployment of the police managed to avoid chaos in the new demonstration of yellow vests

Since the beginning of the morning, dozens of police vehicles, including armored vehicles and water cannons, have been deployed along the famous Parisian Avenue, where protesters have looted several luxury shops and set fire to newsstands. . and they destroyed the shop windows.

To prevent further abuses, the authorities have banned their access to the protesters. They also banned protests in a perimeter adjacent to the interior of which are the presidential palace of the Elysee and the National Assembly.

Before closing, "yellow vests" they had no choice but to gather in other parts of the capital. Several hundred walked to the shout of "Disclaimer Macron!" from the Denfert-Rochereau square, south of the capital, to Montmartre, at the northern end of the capital.

"Going to the Champs-Elysees would have been a provocation, given the announced crackdown"Jean-Paul Tonson, a 57-year-old protester, told AFP. "But we will continue to come, we will not come back," he promised.

The Interior Ministry counted 8,300 demonstrators across the country, just over half of the 14,500 protesters last Saturday. In Paris, the fall was more marked, with 3,100 demonstrators in the streets against 10,000 seven days ago.

After the quiet march, incidents were recorded when a group of protesters wanted to head to the center of the capital. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd, which showed several young people wearing balaclavas and their faces covered with handkerchiefs.

The Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, who was questioned after the violence last Saturday, promised "zero impunity" for the perpetrators of the destruction and urged the police to apply the slogans "without doubts or half measures".

About 56 people were arrested in Paris for being gathered in the perimeter and 45 were fined. Fines for participating in an unauthorized event have gone from 38 ($ 43) to $ 135 ($ 152) this week to deter protesters.

Eric Drouet, one of the most well-known figures of this anti-government collective born on social networks a little over 4 months ago, told BFMTV television channel that he had been fined for have participated in an undeclared event. "Everything is wrong," he complains.

In addition to Paris, Nice, Bordeaux and Toulouse, in the south of the country, scenes of concentrations often more numerous than those of the capital, have also banned demonstrations in several key areas.

In Nice, skirmishes were reported when hundreds of protesters challenged the authorities and tried to enter a closed area, where the police reacted with tear gas.

Incidents were also recorded in other cities, such as Nantes, Bordeaux and Montpellier, but without comparison with those of other weekends.

After the excesses of last week, which went around the world, Emmanuel Macron he is determined to demonstrate that his government controls public order and has spared no effort.

In addition to banning demonstrations in the most sensitive perimeters, announced the military deployment of the Sentinel antiterrorist operation (7,000 troops deployed in the territory since the 2015 attacks) to protect public buildings and to allow the police to focus on maintaining order.

Although the approval of "yellow vests" by the public opinion is in sharp decline (-8 points since the vandalism of Saturday), there is still no solution of way out of crisis.