The focus is on Paris where there are paid provocateurs. But this is a grass roots effort throughout France. https://fox43.com/2018/11/17/protests-over-fuel-prices-leaves-1-dead-and-dozens-injured-in-france/
"protests were planned in all 95 of France’s mainland departments, while a petition on change.org calling on the French government to lower the cost of fuel has gotten more than 850,000 signatures.
In addition to concerns over spiraling fuel prices, the protests also reflect long-running tensions between the metropolitan elite and rural poor."
https://fox43.com/2018/11/17/protests-over-fuel-prices-leaves-1-dead-and-dozens-injured-in-france/