PARIS – Paris remained on edge Sunday as the gilets jaunes (or yellow vests) protesters took to the streets for a second consecutive day and gathered in two of the city’s main retail centers, including Galeries Lafayette.
Dozens of demonstrators entered the Galeries Lafayette department store’s flagship on Boulevard Haussmann in the early afternoon, waving yellow flags and carrying signs. The store was evacuated not long after they made their way up to the third floor. Then it was shut, according to reports.
Simultaneously, an estimated 200 gilets jaunes assembled near the Les Halles shopping center close to Place du Châtelet.
Many of the French capital’s metro stops remained closed on Sunday, including numerous stations on the line one, which cuts through the city and runs along the tony Avenue des Champs-Élysées
Gilets jaunes demonstrated on Saturday, too, to mark the first anniversary of their movement, which began 53 Saturdays ago. One hundred and seventy-three people were called in for police questioning in Paris and 254 in France overall, according to reports.
The protests on Saturday, which often spiraled into violence, were also attended by so-called black blocs, a group of anarchists and anticapitalist vandals.
An estimated 3,000 people gathered on the Place d’Italie in Paris’
Dozens of demonstrators entered the Galeries Lafayette department store’s flagship on Boulevard Haussmann in the early afternoon, waving yellow flags and carrying signs. The store was evacuated not long after they made their way up to the third floor. Then it was shut, according to reports.
Simultaneously, an estimated 200 gilets jaunes assembled near the Les Halles shopping center close to Place du Châtelet.
Many of the French capital’s metro stops remained closed on Sunday, including numerous stations on the line one, which cuts through the city and runs along the tony Avenue des Champs-Élysées
Gilets jaunes demonstrated on Saturday, too, to mark the first anniversary of their movement, which began 53 Saturdays ago. One hundred and seventy-three people were called in for police questioning in Paris and 254 in France overall, according to reports.
The protests on Saturday, which often spiraled into violence, were also attended by so-called black blocs, a group of anarchists and anticapitalist vandals.
An estimated 3,000 people gathered on the Place d’Italie in Paris’