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Paris, Jan 6 (EFE).- Calm was restored in the French capital Paris on Sunday morning after an eighth weekend of yellow vest protests turned violent, an epa-efe photojournalist reported.
Female yellow vest protesters were gearing up to hold rallies in cities across France following violent protests on Saturday that led President Emmanuel Macron to vow that justice would be sought for those responsible.
Members of the "gilets jaunes" (yellow vests) movement, named after the high-visibility jackets they wear, have been staging protests across the country for weeks, originally over a fuel tax hike but more recently as an expression of wider anti-government sentiment.
An epa-efe photojournalist who was on the scene in Paris at this Saturday's edition of the protests said that while store fronts were not targeted, movable items like trash cans, abandoned Christmas trees, rental scooters and bicycles were set on fire.
Various meeting points had been...