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Numerous law enforcement on the Place de la République in Paris after calls for protests on May 1.
The yellow vests movement began in France in October 2018. After an online petition posted in May had attracted nearly a million signatures, mass demonstrations began on 17 November.
The movement was initially motivated by rising fuel prices and a high cost of living; it claims that a disproportionate burden of the government’s tax reforms were falling on the working and middle classes, especially in rural and peri-urban areas.