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A protester holds her hands up as she takes part in a demonstration on Act 45 (the 45th consecutive national protest on Saturday) of the yellow vests movement in Paris, France, September 21, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol - Sputnik International

Yellow Vests Take to Streets for Round 45 of Protests in Paris - Video

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About 1,800 rioters marched in Nantes last week with at least 35 people detained as a result of clashes with the police. Three policemen and two gendarmes were injured during clashes with aggressive protesters.

Yellow Vests protesters are taking to the streets for a new round of protests in Paris on Saturday, 21 September.

Yellow Vests rallies swept across the country in mid-November prompted by planned hikes in fuel taxes. While the French government later abandoned its plans to raise fuel taxes, protesters continue to take to the streets across France every weekend to express their discontent with the government's policies.

Last weekend, Yellow Vests demonstrators flooded the streets of Nantes in western France with about 1,800 protesters taking part in the action.

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Local shopkeepers are seen padding the windows of their stores with plywood in these photos obtained by a Sputnik correspondent just prior to the Yellow Vests protests on Saturday in Paris.

 

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Paris law enforcement officers have arrested at least 30 people during the yellow vests protests sweeping the city this Saturday. Police officers also inspected 596 people, fining 4 demonstrators.

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