Yellow Vests

PARIS (Reuters) - The party of far-right leader Marine Le Pen will top the upcoming European Parliament elections with 22 percent of the vote, just ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s REM party, an Ipsos poll released on Sunday. It was the first time Le Pe…

Juliette Binoche and Emmanuelle Béart, two of Frances best-loved film stars, have joined hundreds of showbiz personalities in backing France's "yellow vest" protests. They were among more than 1,400 signatories to an open letter published in the Left-wing ne…

France's "yellow vest" anti-government demonstrations recorded their lowest turnout yet on Saturday, days after a wider May Day rally was marked by violent clashes in Paris. The downturn in demonstrator numbers on the 25th straight weekend of yellow vest pro…

WATCH 360 Footage From May Day Yellow Vests Protest in Paris

Notre Dame has played a conspicuous role in French life. Napoleon was crowned Emperor there in 1804, and a memorial service for Charles de Gaulle took place there on November 12. 1970. It is a great place of worship and seen as a symbol of peace, but it is al…

Paris (AFP) - French prosecutors and police inspectors have opened an investigation after an officer was seen hurling a paving stone at protesters during May Day demonstrations in Paris, sources said Friday. The incident -- captured in video footage posted o…

Dozens of masked and hooded anarchists hijacked Paris' May Day rally on Wednesday, burning bins, smashing property and hurling bottles and rocks. The so-called 'Black Blocs' immersed themselves in a crowd of labour unions and yellow vest demonstrators that w…

PARIS, France During Paris' annual May Day protests this year, protestors broke pavement and threw chunks at the police, who responded with batons and fired tear gas at multiple crowds in attempts to control factions bent on rioting, like Black Bloc. By the…

Posted May 02, 2019 06:50:35 Dozens of masked protesters and hooded anarchists have clashed with riot police in southern Paris, burning bins, smashing property and hurling projectiles during a May Day rally. Key points: Around 200 people have been arrest…

Paris, France - Clouds of tear gas billowed near the Montparnasse Tower on Wednesday as police used force to suppress violence during annual May Day demonstrations marking workers' rights. The marches came less than a week after French President Emmanuel Mac…