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(24 Nov 2018) French police clashed with hundreds of protesters in Paris on Saturday as marches continued against rising fuel taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency.
Riot police used water cannons and tear gas to destroy barricades and disperse demonstrators on the capital's famous Champs-Elysees.
The protesters call themselves the "yellow jackets" for the neon security vests that drivers are required to keep in their vehicles.
Footage showed one protester being dragged on the ground by riot police.
Tensions have been mounting around the grassroots movement that drew more than a quarter-million people a week ago to protests across France, from Provence to Normandy and in between.
Paris alone deployed some 3,000 security forces, notably around tourist-frequented areas like the Champs-Elysees, after an unauthorized attempt last week to march on the presidential palace.
During the past week, two people have been killed and hundreds injured, posing big challenges to Macron.
Macron has defended the fuel taxes as necessary to reduce France's dependence on fossil fuels, but promised to lay out new plans Tuesday to make the "energy transition" easier.

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