The "yellow vests" retain their impulse against Emmanuel Macron during the eleventh event in France

The "yellow vests" are manifested in France by eleventh consecutive Saturdayat a time when the executive begins to recover some of the lost popularity and launches a "great national debate" try to give an outlet to the crisis.

During the last two Saturdays, the event managed to take to the streets to about 84,000 people across the country, as acknowledged by Emmanuel Macron's government, a growing number compared to the end of December, but well below 300,000 who participated in the demonstrations in mid-November.

The "yellow night"

In Paris, they officially declared on this day four speeds and, for the first time since the beginning of the movement, a "Yellow night", organized meeting in the Plaza de la República from 17h. The event recalls the "Night Stand" or "Noche en Pie" spring 2016 against the reform of work. The aim is to create a space "for debate, dialogue and claim our real claims", according to the call in Facebook.

"It will not be violent or threatening, but citizen and peaceful," they said. As the yellow vests remind, the increase of the minimum wage and pensions, the maintenance of local public services, the restoration of the tax on wealth (ISF), which affects the richest of the country, and the referendum on citizens' initiatives are some of its main demands.

A yellow list for the European elections

The movement appears divided after the decision of some people to present a list of candidates for the European elections. This list, called the "Citizen Initiative Meeting" (RIC), currently has only ten names, but its goal is to compile a complete list of 79 candidates, before mid-February, ahead of the May 26 elections.

Polls predict a great success for this space. According to a survey conducted by Elabe, the "yellow vests" would come in third place, with 13% of the vote, behind the presidential party La Republica en Marcha (center, 22.5%) and the right-wing movement National Reunification of Marine Pen (17.5%).

For the first time, police firing rubber bullets will leave equipped with cameras to record their interventions, a measure decided by the Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, so that the use of this weapon is more transparent, which is criticized for hurting protesters in the past.

According to the group Desarmons-les, which militates against police violence, at least 98 demonstrators have been seriously injured since the beginning of the demonstrations, including 17 people who lost an eye following rubber bullets and four who lost a hand while lifting police grenades.

In an attempt to emerge from this crisis, Macron suspended the increase in the fuel tax at the origin of the protests, announced an increase in the minimum wage and convened a two-month national debate with meetings in dozens of municipalities to "turn anger into solutions".

Sunday, a manifestation of "red scarves", a collective that claims to represent the silent majority in France, who is tired of violence and riots during the demonstrations of "yellow vests".