The French government on Thursday called on "yellow jackets" not to demonstrate on Saturday, while calls to go out to demonstrate in France, Belgium and the Netherlands continue.
"We have not yet decided to prevent demonstrations," said French government spokesman Benjamin Grevo, who has been calling for protests against the country's social and tax policy for a month. Which killed three people and wounded 12.
The spokesman justified his call for yellow jackets not to pretend that the security forces can concentrate their efforts on chasing the Frenchman who is supposed to attack.
He added that the government listened to the protesters and responded to them, referring to the measures announced by French President Emmanuel Macaron to raise the purchasing power of workers and retirees of low-income.
Meanwhile, the yellow-jackets continue to crowd for new demonstrations, despite some voices saying that the time has come for dialogue.
Yellow jackets have been sent to France, Belgium and the Netherlands on Saturday.
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Fabricate the attack
Politicians and yellow jackets accused the government of stoking the Strasbourg attack to quell weeks of popular protests.
The head of the party "End France" (right) Nicolas Dupont Kenyon said there were attempts to use the incident to silence the protesters, and urged during a television interview to continue to demonstrate, except Paris.
In Belgium, the Anatolian news agency reported that the organizers of the "yellow jackets" protests applied to the police for permission to hold demonstrations in Luxembourg Square in central Brussels.
In the Netherlands, activists are planning similar demonstrations against the policies of Prime Minister Mark Roth's government.
The protest has spread from France to several European countries to demand better living conditions.