Barricades, bins and motorcycles were burned during the protests A French government spokesman was evacuated from his office as violence broke out during "yellow vests" protests in Paris and other cities. Benjamin Griveaux said he and his team had had to escape…

Protests have inspired company that makes traditional festive figurines For several weeks, gilets jaunes protesters have been regular sights at roundabouts across the country – and they have inspired a new-generation character in a traditional festive industry. ‘Santons’ are traditional handmade clay…

A former French boxing champion who was filmed punching police officers during a gilets jaunes protest has received more than €100,000 in public donations online, angering the government. The online fundraising platform Leetchi received €114,000 for Christophe Dettinger before the site closed…

Gilets jaunes protesters in Lille, northern France, this week. The Italian Five Star party has promised to support the protesters’ political ambitions Italy’s largest populist party is to hold talks with the leaders of the French gilets jaunes protest movement to discuss…

The "STOP. Maintenant, ça suffit." movement is claiming that the gilets jaunes are attacking France Dubbed the “ Marche Républicaine des Libert é s ”, the event is supported by anti- gilets jaunes group les foulards rouges and is scheduled to take…

France’s state reforms created two-tier services The contract between government and those they govern has broken down, and there is no official organisation they will allow to speak on their behalf. Another time, another place: street fighting in Alexanderplatz, Berlin, during the…

The founder of a movement to unite Germany’s left wing has said it will take to the streets in 2019, inspired by the gilet jaunes protests in France. Sahra Wagenknecht, who set up Aufstehen (Get Up) in September , said the French…

Russian state television has spent much of the last two weeks playing up the chaos of France’s protests, continuing a trend of coverage that emerged long before troll factories and the modern era of “fake news”. Seven years ago, the Kremlin-backed TV…

Aa Aa Theresa May rejects calls for a second referendum UK Prime Minister Theresa May returned to the House of Commons after the Brussels summit and quelled calls by some MPs for a second referendum. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also tabled a…

Even if you weren’t paying close attention to the Gilets Jaunes protests, there were signs that all was not well in Paris last week: The screens of the ATMs on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré were shattered next to a Missoni store….