‘Yellow vests’ block French borders ahead of Christmas, as numbers wane
Tehran (KNA) - With just a few days to Christmas, “yellow vest” protesters in France have blocked the country’s border points to protest the government’s economic policies for a sixth consecutive week.
During the protests on Saturday - the sixth since they originally began in rural and urban France - hundreds of people dressed in yellow vests disrupted traffic and blocked trucks near the border between the country and Spain before security forces stepped in and fired tear gas to disperse them.
The French protesters were joined by dozens of Catalan pro-independence activists, who were also wearing yellow vests.
Blockades were also reported near the border with Italy and at a bridge in Strasbourg near the German border. Similar demonstrations were held in major French cities such as Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, and Orleans.
Protests wane ahead of Christmas break
But the number of the anti-government protesters in the French capital of Paris and across the country is reported to have significantly declined after several weekends of chaos and destruction since the protests began in mid-November.
According to reports, the turnout has dropped from official estimates of 282,000 on November 17 to 166,000 on November 24, to around 136,000 on December 1 and 8, and to 66,000 last Saturday.
Source: PressTV