Women wearing yellow vests and holding yellow balloons march during a protest in Paris, last Sunday
FRENCH authorities have announced measures to clamp down on the growing “gilets jaunes” anti-government protests after eight weeks of unrest across the country.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, who compared the protesters to “football hooligans,” said new legislation would ban so-called troublemakers from demonstrations and ban the wearing of masks.
“Those who question our institutions will not have the last word,” he said, warning that 80,000 security forces were to be mobilised for the next demonstrations set to take place this weekend.
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