Several injured in new clash between "yellow jackets" and police | Chronic

The clashes and skirmishes of the "yellow jacket" with the police have caused several injuries this Saturday in Strasbourg, about 400 kilometers from Paris, on the border with Germany, one of the epicentres of the protests. protest this Saturday in France, number 24.

Police cracked down on a demonstration that blocked access to roads leading to European institutions, including the European Parliament.

France 3 television channels confirmed the unrest but did not say if there were any detainees, according to the Ansa and Europa Press news agencies.

The demonstrators threw objects, stones and firecrackers and repeatedly used smoke bombs against the police, who responded with tear gas.

Meanwhile, the situation was calm in Paris where the "yellow vests" also marched and protested against the president's policy Emmanuel Macron, which launched last Thursday a series of measures to try to appease the social demands.

The two demonstrations in the French capital ended without incident: the so-called "march in the media" was a failure, few participants stopped to shout slogans against Macron, television and newspapers.

They first stopped under the skyscraper of TF1, then pbaded Cbad Plus, then in front of France Télévisions, the public television.

The march also stopped in front of the editorial office of BFM-TV, often accused of giving a disproportionate space to the demonstrations of "yellow vests".

Finally, the procession stopped in front of the headquarters of the CSA, the Superior council of the audio-visual media, asking in vain that the president welcomes it.

The group finally dispersed in the rain and a good part of the participants left the march to go to the Plaza de la Republica on the subway.

According to the prefecture, the "yellow vests" in the streets accounted for 5,500 people in France, including 2,600 in Paris.

This is less than half of last week, when for demonstration number 23, 9,600 people took to the streets of the country, 6,700 to Paris.

Macron announced last Wednesday an income tax cut of around EUR 5 000 million which will discount the lowest pensions in line with inflation, to try to respond to the demonstrations.

Finally, the President admitted that the movement of "yellow vests", launched last November, responds to a "profound situation of fiscal, social and territorial injustice".