The protesters of yellow jackets gathered in the French capital Paris yesterday for the tenth consecutive week, protesting against President Emmanuel Macaron's government.
Protesters began rallying along the Champs-Elysées, near the House of Representatives and the Eiffel Tower. The protests came despite Macron's recent launch of a series of national dialogues and debates to try to calm the "yellow jackets" demonstrations. Organizers of the protests in the French capital called on participants to bring a flower or a candle in honor of those who had died or been wounded since the beginning of the protest movement. The call came after a week of great controversy over the use of flaming guns, which crumbled when they hit the target. A few, using this weapon that caused injuries among the demonstrators, and defended the Minister of the Interior, Christoph Castaner, for his use, and said: Without him there is no choice for the security forces, only physical docking with the protesters.