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Riot police face protesters protesting near the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on November 24, 2018, during a protest against rising oil prices and the cost of life. – Protesters who blocked the roads of France last week, wearing high visibility jackets, will cause another day of unrest on November 24, while calls were underway to stop Paris.
Police fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse protesters in Paris, dissatisfied with rising fuel costs and economic policies of President Emmanuel Macron, the second weekend of "yellow-vest" protests that provoked troubles in France.
Several hundred protesters had gathered on the Champs-Elysees, where they were confronted by police officers who had prevented them from reaching the presidential palace of the nearby Elysee.
Some protesters sang the national anthem while others wore placards with slogans saying "Macron, resignation" and "Macron, thief".
For more than a week, the protesters, dressed in the fluorescent jacket that all French motorists must have in their car, have blocked highways across the country with barricades on fire and convoys of slow trucks, preventing the Access to fuel depots, shopping centers and some of the factories.
They oppose Macron's petrol and diesel taxes introduced last year, designed to encourage people to adopt greener modes of transportation. Along with the tax, the government offered incentives to buy green or electric vehicles.
Security forces fear that far-right and far-right extremists will infiltrate the protests, compounding the problems of crowd control. About 30,000 people are expected to demonstrate in Paris alone, Denis Jacob, secretary general of the Alternative Police union, told Reuters.
"We know that there are far-right and far-left infiltrators, and you can also expect suburban gangs and 'black blocks'," he said. declared, referring to a militant protest force.
Some 3,000 police officers were recruited Saturday in Paris, announced the city hall, the security forces to organize a demonstration against sexual violence, a football match and a rugby match in the capital.
Last Saturday, when nearly 300,000 people took part in the first yellow vest events across the country, retailers' daily incomes dropped by 35%, according to consumer groups.
