https://www.wsj.com/articles/french-antigovernment-protesters-march-for-ninth-straight-weekend-11547303859

French Antigovernment Protesters March for Ninth Straight Weekend

About 80,000 police officers are deployed across the country

By Sam Schechner and

Noemie Bisserbe

Jan. 12, 2019 9:37 a.m. ET

PARIS—For the ninth consecutive Saturday, thousands of protesters clad in yellow reflective vests converged on French cities in what is becoming a weekly test of the momentum of their antigovernment movement.

The protesters—called yellow vests, or “gilets jaunes”—gathered in smaller French cities like Bourges, in central France, as well as bigger metropolises like Marseille and Nice. In the French capital, several thousand people marched from France’s finance ministry in the east toward the Arc de Triomphe in the west.

About 80,000 police officers were deployed across the country Saturday, including 5,000 in Paris, according to authorities.

As of early afternoon, while the crowds of gilets jaunes snaked through Paris’s streets, there appeared to be few if any clashes with riot police. Protesters played musical instruments and carried signs with messages that ranged from the French national motto, “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité,” to “Macron resign,” in reference to French President Emmanuel Macron.

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