Sporadic clashes at yellow vests protest in Paris
4,365 views · Published 27 December 2018 · 3:04 · Indexed 24 October 2026
Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(22 Dec 2018) France's yellow vest protesters, who have brought chaos to Paris over the past few weeks with their economic demands, demonstrated in sharply reduced numbers on Saturday at the start of the Christmas and New Year holidays. The number of protesters on the French capital's elegant Champs-Elysees Avenue was down sharply. Paris police said only 2,000 protesters took to the streets, compared to 4,000 a week before and 10,000 the prior week. Police arrested 109 people and detained seven, compared to the several hundred arrested two weeks ago when the protests turned violent. In stark contrast to the last few weekends, tourists strolled down the avenue near the Arc de Triomphe monument, holiday shoppers were out in force and the grandest of Parisian boulevards remained open for traffic. Tensions arose at nightfall, though, when protesters gathered on the Champs-Elysees and police fired teargas to disperse them. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9da8725c6925bae7a92b27177355d645
