The "yellow vests" in a new wave of demonstrations in France

With marches in Paris, Lyon and Nantes, where clashes took place between protesters and police, the "yellow vests" were made at noon. number 26 his protests against the government of Emmanuel Macron.

In Paris, several hundred demonstrators began to parade at 13 in the rain singing "We are here, we are here", describes the newspaper Le Figaro.

In Lyon, hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Place Bellecour. Jerome Rodrigues, one of the figures of the movement, asked the margin of the mobilization of Lyon, that the French do "an anti-Macron vote " in the European elections at the end of May.

"Today, I ask the Europeans to vote against Macron, even if he finishes second, he drops the floor a little bit, he approaches a little more of the earth and he will come to serve us at place of the richest, "he said. .

In Nantes and Lyon, clashes took place between protesters and the police. The prefect of Loire-Atlantique, Claude of Harcourt, had planned that "500 members of the ultra-left" would participate in the demonstrations of today.

For seven months, the "yellow vests" claim every Saturday more social justice and tax, as well as a more direct democracy. However, the movement has declined since its peak last November.