French PM wants to ban unauthorized demonstrations | World French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced on Monday a plan to ban unauthorized demonstrations as part of the government crackdown to end seven weeks of protests called "yellow vests"

Philippe announced that the sanctions against agitators and unauthorized demonstrations will soon be strengthened following the violence that took place on the eighth day of demonstration of "yellow jackets" last Saturday and promised a device for the next acts . "considerable" security.

"In many French cities, the demonstrations took place peacefully, but we can not accept that some take advantage of these demonstrations to extrapolate, break, burn.

This new law will increase the repressive arsenal following the pattern of the hooligan's fight, with the prohibition of presence in the identified protesters' demonstrations, including the creation of special archives.

"This should be presented and discussed by the National Assembly in early February, "said Philippe, adding that the Senate, controlled by the right-wing opposition, had approved a" similar proposal "in October.

The text also seeks to to punish with more rigor those who organize unauthorized demonstrations and to criminalize the concealment of faces during demonstrations.