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Protesters wearing yellow vests stand in front of the Eiffel Tower during the Act XX of the"yellow vests" movement in Paris, France, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Outbreaks of vandalism and confrontations with police led to more than 100 arrests on the margins of otherwise peaceful demonstrations in Paris, Avignon, Toulouse and Bordeaux - where protesters broke the windows of a bank before being pushed back. The movement soon morphed into a broader backlash against President Emmanuel Macron’s government, despite a swift reversal of the tax increases and other hurried measures worth more than 10 billion euros to boost purchasing power for less affluent voters.
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