In France, the 14th in a row protests of "yellow vests." According to the French Ministry of Internal Affairs, 41.5 thousand "yellow vests" took to the streets, 5 thousand of them - in Paris.
Representatives of the movement themselves gave other data. According to their information, there were about 101 thousand protesters.
In this part of the protesters left the major cities. The movement "free yellow vests" and advocates peaceful action and dialogue with the authorities. RT France talked with one of the representatives of this trend, Benjamin Cauchy.
“France roundabouts mobilized again. We clearly understood that to remain in large cities means to facilitate the arrival of these very hooligans who want to release their poison, these anti-republicans. So France is circular intersections, France of forgotten territories is mobilized again, ”he said.
To gallery page
Cauchy stressed that “free yellow vests” intend to make cities more free from demonstrations, leaving only authorized and organized actions in them.
“There will be actions against road contributions, checks on roads, blocking major economic centers around large cities and their periphery, but at the same time we will ensure maximum freedom in major cities, in the city centers there will now be mainly organized demonstrations. Moms with strollers will come there, and it’s hard to imagine that Castaner will use trauma against mothers with 4-year-old children, in any case, we hope so, ”he said.
About ten "yellow vests" announced their intention to go on a march from Marseille to Paris in support of one of the measures proposed by the movement - the referendum of the civil initiative. During the march, the protesters intend to make stops in the cities every 25-40 km of the way to hold a debate with the local "yellow vests."
Vests also blocked one of the Amazon logistics centers. This is due to the company's dismissal of three employees who spoke in support of the protesters. Earlier, on February 3, Le Parisien reported that three 20-year-old men were fired due to the fact that they allowed themselves comments that are “in complete contrast to the values of the company”
According to the representative of the trade union Hbib Latreche, who intends to fight for the reinstatement of the dismissed, thus Amazon is trying to warn the rest of the staff against supporting the "yellow vests"
"In Amazon, most employees sympathize with the" yellow vests, "quotes Latreche Le Parisien. - The management decided to dismiss them for demonstration and discourage others from participating in promotions "
At the same time, it was not done in the regions without the use of force both by the protesters and in relation to them. According to FranceBleu, in the city of Le Mans in the north of France, "yellow vests" smashed the office of the deputy of the ruling party, Damien Pishereau. The rioters broke the windows, penetrated inside the room and broke all the interior objects. In the same city, the demonstrators stoned the windows of one of the local newspapers and burned the car.
⭕ Nous condamnons la permanence de la la de la es de député @DamienPichereau.
Un acte lâche, gravissime! La violence ne mène nulle part. Solidarité avec les membres de l'équipe parlementaire. #LeMans#Sarthe@LaREM_ANpic.twitter.com/n89OkltdFJ
In the city of Rouen, the driver injured four demonstrators from among the yellow vests during a collision. The media claims that the man panicked when several stones were allegedly hit in his car. According to other information, the demonstrators climbed onto the hood of the car, and in the cabin besides the driver were a woman and a child.
Shortly after the incident, the driver fled the scene, fearing lashing out, but he later went to the police station on his own.
"Vests" intend to come out also on Sunday, February 17, since this day will be exactly three months from the beginning of the first actions.
"The police only use force"
The previous action took place on February 9th. According to the police, about 51 thousand people took part in it. However, the “vests themselves report 118 thousand. During the demonstrations, several people were injured. So, one of them, who suffered a head injury, told RT France that they intended to hold a peaceful rally.
“Thank you” to our police and Home Secretary Christophe Castaner. His police are not engaged in maintaining law and order, but only use force. Even when we all try to avoid unrest, we are beaten, ”he said.
Franck raconte avoir bécéry par un coup de matraque à la tête. # GiletsJaunes # Acte13pic.twitter.com / DhnKZrmg6H
- Meriem Laribi - #RTFrance (@Meriem_RT) February 9, 2019Another participant of the action, Sebastian Maya, was torn off by the hand of a police grenade - he tried to pick it up and throw it away. He also received an eye injury. His father, Bernard Maya, told RT that he had failed to save his hand.
“We stayed in the hospital until late at night to find out what will happen to him. His hand is no longer there. Then we turned to an ophthalmologist because of an eye injury, he examined it — it didn’t hurt much, the wound was superficial. However, my son lost his hand. We will file a complaint, and then we'll see what happens, ”he said.
An investigation was launched into the incident, said French Interior Minister Christoph Castaner.
“It was a serious injury, which I undoubtedly regret,” says France Info.
One of the well-known protesters Jerome Rodriguez previously also injured his eyes due to the actions of the police. He spoke about the requirements for the French authorities, which, in particular, stipulate the possibility of the police in actions against the "vests".
“It is worth living on our salary — and living decently in France in general, creating a new form of democracy, because the system of French institutions is outdated, doing away with privileges,” RT France quotes him. “To this we must add a ban on the use (by the forces of law and order - RT ) of traumatic weapons for self-defense - and this is also a denial of democracy, under which Macron refused to power”