After protests over the cost of living spiralled into violence and looting in many French towns on Saturday, the Gilet Jaune movement has announced 'Act II' for Saturday, October 24th.
In a blast from the past, calls are once again circulating in France for the 'yellow vests' to take to the streets and roundabouts, in a protest against the rising cost of living.
Four years after the start of the start of one of France's most powerful protest movements, the 'yellow vests' (Gilet Jaunes) have announced plans to mobilise on Saturday, to protest rising inflation and the government's plans to push forward pension reform.
The French government's aid for drivers hit by soaring fuel prices has so far been limited - John Lichfield argues that they must do more or face a 'yellow vest' style revolt by the summer.
Wednesday marks three years since the first 'yellow vests' protest in France - which began began as a complaint about fuel prices and grew into a social movement that rocked the country, before quietly withering away.
A court in France has finally handed out sentences to some of those involved in the vandalism and theft at the Arc de Triomphe in December 2018 - when 'yellow vest' violence in Paris shocked the world.
Nearly two years since 'yellow-vest' protesters flooded the streets, the signature gilets jaunes have become a rare sight in France. With a comeback announced on September 12th, what is left of the movement that shook France?
With a slow and cautious lifting of the lockdown France is far from back to normal, but one feature of pre-lockdown life has re-emerged - Saturday 'yellow vest' protests.
French prosecutors have launched a probe into alleged police violence after a video emerged that appeared to show an officer firing point-blank at protesters with a riot control gun at a Paris march backing strikes.
More than 800,000 people took to the streets across France on Thursday on the first day of a nationwide strike over President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms.
A police officer appeared in court for for hurling a paving stone at protesters during a "yellow vest" rally in Paris - the first member of the French security forces to face trial after numerous allegations of police brutality during the weekly protests.
French police arrested 254 people during clashes in Paris and other cities on the first anniversary of the 'yellow vest' movement, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said Sunday.
A year ago half the cars in my part of Normandy carried yellow badges of rebellion on their dashboards, writes John Lichfield. Now you can scarcely see a yellow jacket in what was one of the heartlands of the Gilets Jaunes movement.
Paris is now 'perfectly under control' said its police chief after protesters smashed windows, destroyed bus shelters and set cars alight on the one-year anniversary of the 'yellow vest' protests.
Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the 'yellow vest' protest movement and there will be demonstrations across France, but particularly in Paris. Here's where the protests are set to take place.
Rolling roadblocks, marches and a dance - this weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the 'yellow vest' protests that gripped France and if organisers have their way it will be a lively weekend.
On a Saturday in November, almost a year ago, hundreds of thousands of angry French donning fluorescent jackets took to the streets across the country, beginning one of the biggest and most unusual protest movements in the country's modern history.
Some 600 yellow vest protest organisers from across France gathered in Montpellier on Friday for a national assembly to debate the future of their movement.
Paris authorities fear a "yellow vest" protest and demonstrations against pension reform and climate change could spell trouble for this year's Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days) weekend in Paris.
French police clashed Saturday with anti-government protesters seeking to inject fresh momentum into demonstrations calling for social justice and the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron.
Legendary Paris restaurant Le Fouquet's is to open on Sunday for the first time since "yellow vest" protesters torched the plush hangout on the Champs-Elysees boulevard in March.
