French ‘Yellow Vests’ Defy President Macron Again in Tense Protests

French ‘Yellow Vests’ Defy President Macron Again in Tense Protests
A French police officer apprehends a protester wearing a yellow vest during a demonstration in Marseille, France, on Jan. 26, 2019. Reuters/Jean-Paul Pelissier
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PARIS—Thousands of “yellow vest” demonstrators marched in Paris and other French cities on Jan. 26 in protests that brought sporadic clashes with police and suggested that President Emmanuel Macron has yet to defuse public discontent.

On the 11th consecutive weekend of action against the government, 69,000 people took to the streets, including 4,000 in Paris, the interior ministry said, down from an estimated 84,000 demonstrators across the country a week before.