After riots: France's yellow vests want to protest again on Saturday

Paris. After the serious riots in France, the yellow vest protest movement has announced new demonstrations for next Saturday.

There will be a “second act” of protests on October 24th, the organizers of the weekend’s rallies announced on their website. Accordingly, demonstrations will take place again in dozens of places.

The Yellow Vests' protest against high living costs and social injustice kept France in suspense between November 2018 and spring 2019. Its name comes from the fact that many of the demonstrators wore yellow safety vests. Before the weekend of protests there had been a call to revive the movement.

Meanwhile, in Paris, the government met for another crisis meeting to discuss the current situation. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu then wanted to comment. “We have to keep the option open to impose a curfew if necessary,” said the Minister of Urban Development and Housing, Vincent Jeanbrun, to the broadcaster BFMTV.

In Paris, after renewed riots on Sunday, there was again looting at night, said Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire and spoke of “unbearable scenes”. “It wasn't on the same scale as on Saturday, but there were groups of looters spread across several parts of the city,” Grégoire told France Inter broadcaster. According to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, 351 people were arrested in Paris yesterday and overnight.