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The government believes that this will help to avoid major unrest.
The French authorities plan to institute an emergency state in during mass gatherings of "yellow vests" in Paris .
Reuters reports. 19659003] The representative of the French Government Benjamin Grivo stated that the initiative had been proposed to prevent the repetition of major street upheavals.
"We need to think about what can be done to prevent such incidents," he said.
Following the unrest during the fuel demonstrations on Saturday, 1 December, law enforcement officers arrested 378 people and 133 people were injured.
Protesters built barricades, burned cars, smashed shop windows, clashed with police and groups of other protesters.
"It was a strategy led by chaos professionals, masters of their cause," said the head of the Interior Ministry, Christoph Kastaner. Reminder Demonstrations against rising fuel prices began in France two weeks ago . Two people have already been killed and more than 750 people have been injured. Despite massive protests, the French government intends to stick to its plans to further increase excise taxes on fuels, said French Prime Minister Eduar Filipp.
In addition, the police arrested a man who participated in the demonstration of "yellow jackets" who, with a grenade in hand, asked him to meet the country's president, Emmanuel Macron.
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The center of Paris is covered with flames and smoke. On the Champs-Élysées leading to the Arc de Triomphe, several thousand people have come forward to protest against the increase in fuel taxes. At the police, they throw bottles of flammable substances and burn cars and garbage cans. Police are trying to disperse protesters with tear gas, grenades and water guns.
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