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The French government is under pressure to take tough measures after the violent demonstration on Saturday night in Paris during which Yellow Vest stormed dozens of shops, banks and restaurants on the Champs-Elysees.
Some buildings were burned down, several luxury stores were looted and 5 newsstands were damaged or completely destroyed. In total, about 80 stores and businesses were attacked.
A family of 4 young children, including a baby, was rescued by the police from his apartment over a burning bank. The children's uncle hinted that they were not certain to flee the building in flames as they feared violence underneath.
The Paris Chamber of Commerce said Sunday that employers and staff in the region are now "traumatized" after 18 Saturdays in a row of sometimes violent demonstrations from the Yellow Vests.
Meanwhile, opposition politicians reacted furiously to the events of Saturday and the inability of the police to keep control.
President Emmanuel Macron, who has shortened his ski weekend to return to Paris Saturday night, has an appointment Monday with key members of the government to decide how to ensure that the violence does not happen again.
The junior minister of interior admitted that the government failed Saturday.
Laurent Nunez spoke of the ultra-violent individuals who came down on Paris and said that the police had been instructed to intervene in all cases of looting "but it did not work".
French riot police added that they were exhausted after 4 months of consecutive weekend demonstrations and that their officers needed rest. This weekend, 5,000 police and gendarmes were on duty in Paris against about 1,500 rioters.
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Participation in the Yellow Vest protests has been declining for the last few weeks, but it is difficult to gauge the direction of the movement.
There are signs for some time that what began as a popular protest against a fuel tax has turned into something different.
French flags were prominent during the first demonstrations, but those implicated in Saturday's violence sprayed anti-capitalist slogans on buildings and chanted "Revolution."
Police say that more and more people arrested say they are anti-system.
Benjamin Cauchy, one of the movement's personalities, said on Sunday that "Yellow Vests have become a Trojan for Black Blocks". [a violent ultra-left group who infiltrate protest movements].
Eric Drouet, another well-known yellow vester, wants to end mbad rallies and demonstrations and instead pleads for industrial action to try to paralyze the economy.
The Minister of Economy will hold a meeting later today to badess the economic impact of 18 weeks of demonstrations of the yellow jacket.
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