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France suspends planned fuel price rise amid protests

France has suspended a planned fuel price rise for six months after weeks of violent demonstrations, the prime minister announced on Tuesday. In a televised speech, Edouard Philippe said people’s anger must be heard, adding that the move is aimed at stopping the violence and restoring...

French paramedics, students join protests amid crisis talks

Anti-government protesters gained new allies Monday as French paramedics and students joined ongoing rallies while the prime minister met with political rivals in a bid to ease the anger following riots that rocked Paris. Dozens of ambulances blocked a bridge leading to the National Assembly...

Macron vows punishment for violent Paris protests

Perpetrators of the violence in ongoing protests in Paris will be punished, said French president Saturday. Speaking during a press conference of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Emmanuel Macron said that those who are responsible for the attack on police officers and vandalization of a...

France's Macron says nothing can justify the violence in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that the wave of violence and vandalism in Paris on Saturday could not be justified in any way and had nothing to do with a peaceful expression of legitimate anger. “No cause justifies that security forces are attacked, shops pillaged,...