French police tussle with 'yellow vests' as Paris set for protest day

French police fired tear gas and made dozens of arrests on Saturday as they disp...

A protester holds a French flag as he takes part in a demonstration on Act 45 of the yellow vests movement in Paris, France, September 21, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

Police had made 90 arrests in Paris by around midday local time and pushed back around one hundred protesters attempting to gather on the Champs-Elysees shopping avenue, the Paris police prefecture said. The movement emerged late last year, triggered by fuel tax rises and swelling into a revolt against President Emmanuel Macron’s style of government.

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