French yellow vest protest moves to Netherlands
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(8 Dec 2018) The French "yellow vest" protest movement has crossed into the Netherlands but the number of participants there was significantly lower. In Amsterdam on Saturday, dozens of protesters walked peacefully through the streets, singing and laughing - a stark contrast to what's been happening in Paris, where riot police were using tear gas on the thousands demonstrating in the French capital. Similar, smaller demonstrations were happening in Belgium as well, in solidarity with the French. Neither of the countries, however, has proposed a hike in fuel tax - the catalyst for the massive and destructive demonstrations in France in recent weeks. 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/a6ac3fea9563e54099b37f7bfcfae519
