French President Emmanuel Macron asked for an evaluation of possible protest security measures on Sunday, 2 December, a day after a Paris demonstration against increased taxes and living costs devolved into France’s worst urban riot in a decade.
Some radical far-right and far-left activists were involved in the riot, as well as a "great number" of protesters wearing yellow jackets, Paris police Prefect Michel Delpuech said.
The fluorescent jackets, which French motorists are required to have in their cars for emergencies, are an emblem of a grassroots citizens’ movement protesting fuel taxes.
Paris police Prefect Michel Delpuech said some officers described encountering “unprecedented” violence, including protesters using hammers, gardening tools, bolts, aerosol cans as well as rocks in physical confrontations.
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