Gilets Jaunes: Anger of yellow vests still grips France a year on

Gilets Jaunes: Anger of yellow vests still grips France a year on

Yellow vest protesters from across France plan to rally in Paris on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of their grassroots movement, BBC reports.

The weekly demonstrations that brought parts of France to a halt at the end of last year have shrunk to a few small groups, turning out each Saturday to press their demands.

But three-quarters of French people surveyed by pollsters Odoxa in October said they thought the movement, known in French as the Gilets Jaunes, was not yet over.

At a roundabout near Reims last week, a few dozen protesters in yellow vests cooked sausages over a small fire. The question running through many of the conversations here was: what next?

"I don't know how long it'll last," said Stéphanie Logrieco. "Will we finally give up? I don't know. But, in any case, what we have done so far is beautiful. We gathered the crowds and awakened consciences, and I'm happy about that."

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