Act XI of "yellow vests": dozens of people already gathered in Paris

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The activist Jean-Baptiste Reddé alias Voltuan, famous for his placards within the social movements for years, is present this Saturday, January 26, 2019 in Paris for the act XI of the "yellow vests". Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP

Remain visible and audible in the street. While the French government has been trying for ten days to channel anger through a "great national debate", Act XI of the movement of "yellow vests" began this Saturday, January 26 in Paris and throughout the territory. New this week: several calls have been launched for the mobilization extends to the night.

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Divided into the opportunity to present a list to the Europeans next May, facing an executive who regains popularity and multiplies initiatives, the "yellow vests" address the act 11 of their mobilization with determination.

At 10am, Paris time, a few dozen participants were already gathered on the Champs-Elysees, under the gaze of journalists, tourists but also armored gendarmerie, a few steps from the signs of the famous avenue, where some shops have opened their doors carefully.

The GJ gather in front of the triumphal arch before heading to Bastille. @RFI @GauquelinIgor pic.twitter.com/YPLQ9MF7gB

In the capital, four separate parades were declared in the prefecture, three of which are expected to join Bastille Square from the Avenue des Champs-Elysées, the Place de la Nation and the City Hall of Ivry-sur-Seine. Seine, in the Val-de-Marne.

The "yellow vests" have been thinking about new strategies. After 5pm, participants are invited to join a "yellow night" , also declared, on the Place de la République, a place that had already hosted in 2016 the citizen rallies of the movement "night standing".

Several nocturnal events are also planned elsewhere in France this Saturday evening too, for example in Montpellier in the Hérault, or Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

the city of Dunkirk, in the North, had launched itself first.

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Several hundred #Yellowguns were mobilized in Dunkirk this Friday evening, for a night walk. #MarcheNocturne #ActeXI pic.twitter.com/eyIM1lp3or

Human channel projects have been launched on Facebook. Several must join Versailles Sunday, especially since Hendaye (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) and Châteaulin (Finistère). A "solidarity march to the" yellow vests "of remote territories" was planned from the Ministry of Overseas.

New violence is feared in Bordeaux and Toulouse in particular. In Paris, a call was launched to recreate a "black bloc" and a "procession de tête". For the first time, law enforcers equipped with defense bullet launchers (LBD) will be equipped with pedestrian cameras.