A protester lost four fingers, an anti-terrorism unit vehicle was set on fire and some 40 people were arrested in France over the weekend as “yellow vest” protests intensified.
In its 13th straight week, protesters again took to the streets of Paris and southern Frence cities to pressure President Emmanuel Macron to increase wages and lower taxes, the New York Times reported.
The 51,000 people who protested this past weekend was less than the week before and was about one-fifth the number of people who protested at the start the protests in mid-November.