The leader of the French extreme right, Marin Le Pen, called on President Emmanuel Macaron to take "strong and immediate measures" in response to the "suffering" of the "yellow jackets" demonstrators.
"McCron has to realize the magnitude of social suffering and take strong and immediate action," Le Pen said.
The speech by the leader of the far right on the sidelines of a meeting with the Flemish National Party in the Belgian capital Brussels on the Global Charter of Migration, with the participation of Steve Banon, former adviser to President Donald Trump.
"I call on the President again to understand the suffering expressed, to respond to her out of the Elysee and to abandon the policy of exclusion," she said, adding that "the president's response can not be only security."
On Saturday, tens of thousands of "yellow jackets" demonstrated in a new protest movement in France, where peaceful gatherings took place in some areas, while Paris witnessed confrontations that called for the intervention of armored vehicles.
Le Pen declined to comment on the arrests, but said: "If there is less violence (from the previous demonstration on December 1), of course I will be the first to rejoice."
For his part, Bannon considered that the "yellow jackets" were "exactly the same as those who voted in favor of the US president or in favor of the bricast."
The former adviser to Trump that the demonstrators "believe in the nation-state and the values of citizenship in it."