The "yellow jackets" staged rallies in the French capital Paris yesterday for the 19th consecutive week against the government of President Emmanuel Macaron, while the army joined the police to help avoid any disturbances. Protesters were prevented from gathering in the Champs-Elysées after looting shops, institutions and sabotage last weekend, prompting the government to call in units of the army, in what is known as Operation Sentinel. Demonstrations in the Champs-Elysées and surrounding areas were banned, and within the square included the presidential palace and the National Assembly.
A decision by the Paris police chief prevented the equipment from hiding, which would conceal facial features, carry weapons, even play them, and provided for large fines for every violation of the ban on demonstrations. Decisions were also issued to prevent demonstrations in other cities such as Toulouse (south-west) and Bordeaux or Nice (southeast). In a remarkable move, Prime Minister Eduard Philippe attended the Paris police headquarters, accompanied by Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, to oversee the security preparations aimed at avoiding sabotage, burning and burning, as happened last Saturday, especially in Paris, by groups of mischief and anarchists. On the sidelines of the movement «zero jackets».