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PARIS | Tear gas in Paris, but fewer protesters and bigger demands

PARIS | Tear gas in Paris, but fewer protesters and bigger demands

PARIS — A protest movement that has brought the French into the streets for five Saturdays in a row in a major challenge to President Emmanuel Macron lost momentum in its latest nationwide outcry, but the smaller crowds pushed fervently for one of their expanding demands, a citizen’s referendum to help define policy.

The most resonant call Saturday was a leap from the demand for relief from fuel…

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PARIS | Riot debris covers Paris streets; 133 injured, 412 arrested

PARIS | Riot debris covers Paris streets; 133 injured, 412 arrested

PARIS— Paris police said Sunday that 133 people had been injured and 412 had been arrested as protesters trashed the streets of the capital during France’s worst urban riot in years.

French President Emmanuel Macronwas holding an emergency meeting on security later Sunday with his prime minister and interior minister. He has vowed that those responsible for the violence and the damages will pay…

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PARIS | The Latest: 65 injured, 140 arrested in Paris protests

PARIS | The Latest: 65 injured, 140 arrested in Paris protests

PARIS — The Latest on French protests against rising taxes (all times local):

5:35 p.m. Paris police says at least 80 people have been injured, including 16 police officers, in violent protests in the center of the French capital.

Police also say 183 people have been arrested in violent clashes Saturday between police and protesters angry over rising taxes near the city’s famed Champs-Elysees…

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PARIS | French protesters angry about taxes scuffle with police

PARIS | French protesters angry about taxes scuffle with police

PARIS— Scuffles broke out between some French protesters angry over rising taxes and police for a third straight weekend, after small pockets of demonstrators built barricades in the middle of streets in central Paris and lit fires Saturday.

Thousands of police were deployed to try to contain the protests on and around the famed Champs-Elysees avenue. Most of the protesters, called “yellow…

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