Yellow Vests' Eighth Saturday Protests Ends With Ministry Breach
- Protests draw 25,000, double the total of a week ago, AFP says
- Movement stages mostly peaceful daytime rallies in many cities
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France’s Yellow Vest movement staged mostly peaceful anti-government rallies on Saturday for the eighth weekend in a row but the protests ended with a small group smashing down the entrance to the ministry of the government spokesman.
French television showed thousands marching along the Seine in Paris to gather in front of the National Assembly as well as a large crowd amassed in front of the Place de la Bourse in Bordeaux. Several thousand Yellow Vest protesters also blocked highway traffic in Lyon, according to Agence France-Presse. About 50,000 took to the streets nationwide -- four times the total of a week ago, AFP reported, citing French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner.