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Added on the 19/01/2019 10:23:26 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
"Yellow vest" protesters gather on the Champs-Elysées in Paris for the first time this year. Demonstrators are gathering around symbolic squares in France's major cities, insensitive to the government's concessions and the major national debate that will open in mid-January to bring out demands. IMAGES
"Yellow vest" protesters gather at the Arc de Triomphe before walking down the Champs Elysees towards police blocking the way several hundred meters before the Place de la Concorde. IMAGES
A few hundred "yellow vest" protesters begin to march in Paris in a calm atmosphere, for the 16th day of weekend demonstrations in France. The movement began in protest against rising fuel taxes quickly evolved into a wider opposition to President Emmanuel Macron's style of government and policies. IMAGES of demonstration on the Champs-Elysées
Pushed back by riot police with tear gas and a water cannon, "yellow vest" protesters continue to gather at the Place Charles de Gaulle, at the top of Paris' famed Champs-Elysees. Hundreds have converged on the city for new demonstrations, with anger over fuel taxes morphing into a wide-ranging anti-government movement. IMAGES
On a third day of unrest, clashes between "yellow vest" protesters and riot police break out on Paris' famed Champs-Élysées. Police fire tear gas, forcing the demonstrators to retreat. IMAGES
Paris gets its famed Champs-Elysées avenue cleaned up after rioters looted and torched shops and businesses on the 18th weekend of French "yellow vest" protests, characterised by a sharp increase in violence. 1ST IMAGES
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