Tensions and dozens of inmates in Paris during another march of "yellow vests"

At least 137 people were arrested Saturday in Paris as part of the 23rd consecutive "yellow vests" event, in which they have already registered incidents and races. Thousands of people have returned to the streets of the capital in a new "ultimatum", as on March 16, which led to riots and looting on the Champs-Elysees.

The emblematic avenue of Paris remains fenced, with the forbidden pbadage, as well as all around Notre-Dame Cathedral, devastated by a fire last Monday.

The police repeatedly charged against the protesters grenades and tear gas on a large boulevard in the center of the capital, between the Bastille and République squares, while protesters burned motorcycles and street furniture.

The movement of "yellow vests" started as a protest against a fuel tax, which particularly complicate rural populations, but are now turning into a continuous, sometimes violent, protest against President Macron and in favor of better living conditions and a more direct democracy.

The prefect of the Paris police, Didier Lallement, raised the possibility that a " radical block of 1500 to 2000 people, composed of "ultra-yellow" "sow chaos in Paris this Saturday.

"Vandals have found themselves in some cities of France, Toulouse, Montpellier, Bordeaux and especially Paris," said Friday the French Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, announcing the mobilization of 60 000 police and gendarmes. all over France, five thousand of them in Paris.

On March 16, radical activists "black blocks" and "yellow vests" took part in a particularly hectic and violent day during which many shops on the Champs-Élysées were looted, thus costing the post of chief of the Paris police .

Ads postponed and malaise for the millions committed to Notre Dame

Macron this week had to reveal an excellent program of reforms to appease social discontent However, the announcement was postponed due to the fire of Notre Dame.

The hundreds of millions of euros committed by the great French fortunes for the reconstruction of Notre Dame have irritated some "yellow vests".

Many of them reproduced the ironic tweet of a novelist, Olivier Pourriol, published after the fire: "Victor Hugo thanks all the generous donors who wish to save Notre Dame de Paris and propose to make even with Les Misérables ", title of another work of the French writer.

Last Saturday, the demonstrations of "yellow vests" gathered 31,000 people, including 5,000 in Paris, according to official figures questioned by the protesters. At its peak, the movement brought together more than 280,000 people.