The yellow-vest protest movement in France has named 10 candidates for the May European Parliament elections, but says it aims to expand the list to 79. The grassroots movement – “gilets jaunes” in French – grew out of fuel tax protests in…

Gilets jaunes protesters at the Fontaine des Innocents to mark the first anniversary of the movement Last weekend, at the Paris march marking the one-year anniversary of the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) movement, a protester was blinded in one eye by a…

Politics will always be a central part of French culture. From the first and second revolution to the protests of May 1968 to the general strikes of today, the word protest and to be French seems synonymous. One year on and the…

Stephane De Sakutin/AFP Often perceived as disorganised, scattered and even violent, France’s “gilets jaunes” movement has taken many by surprise with its staying power. A year into the movement, which began on November 17, 2018, many activists are still regularly meeting, organising…

Stephane De Sakutin/AFP Often perceived as disorganised, scattered and even violent, France’s “gilets jaunes” movement has taken many by surprise with its staying power. A year into the movement, which began on November 17, 2018, many activists are still regularly meeting, organising…

Politics will always be a central part of French culture. From the first and second revolution to the protests of May 1968 to the general strikes of today, the word protest and to be French seems synonymous. One year on and the…

Gilets jaunes protesters chant against President Macron at the Fontaine des Innocents during the second day of protests to mark the first anniversary of the movement, on November 17, 2019 in Paris, France. (Kiran Ridley / Getty Images) There was general surprise,…

The ‘yellow vests’ vote at an assembly in Saint Nazaire, April 2019. (Image by Elise Lobbedez, Author provided. Via The Conversation) Often perceived as disorganised, scattered and even violent, France’s “gilets jaunes” movement has taken many by surprise with its staying power….

Crowds gathered across Paris on the anniversary of the movement. Protests have erupted in Paris on the anniversary of the anti-government gilets jaunes movement, with police firing teargas at activists. Hundreds of demonstrators descended on the French capital to mark a year…

In Paris, tensions erupted in Place d’Italie, with cars burned and police responding with tear gas According to the minister of the interior, 4,700 people marched in the capital. Protest organisers put the overall nationwide number at 39,530 for this “ Acte…