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For the sixteenth consecutive weekend, the "yellow vests" organized this Saturday, March 2, demonstrations in Paris and the provinces. The authorities report a decrease in mobilization, with 39,300 demonstrators throughout France, including 4,000 in Paris. The "Yellow Number" Facebook group reports 92,000 "yellow vests" in 150 localities.
In Paris, the mobilization took place in calm, with always the same slogans: " Let go of nothing ", " Macron resignation " or " Yes to referendum citizen initiative ". On the Champs-Elysées, shops remained open and traffic was not interrupted, despite the use of water cannon against agitators arrived late mobilization.
Several rallies also took place in the provinces. In cities such as Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Alès, the situation became tense in the late afternoon, with projectile throwing on the demonstrators' side and the use of tear gas and water cannons by security forces. 'order.
In Nantes, on the other hand, clashes started from the beginning of the mobilization. According to AFP, glass bottles, firecrackers and even bottles of acid were thrown at the police, who used tear gas and defense bullets. Three or four people were slightly injured, according to the prefecture.
Some "yellow vests" in Paris admitted that there were fewer people for this "act XVI", while disputing the official figures. " But the important thing is to keep up the pressure until the demonstration of March 16, where we will all be in the street to mark the four months of the movement and the end of the great debate, or rather of the great masquerade, "pointed out this group of yellow vests.