Unrest In France -- News Updates December 3, 2018

Daily Mail: Macron starts the clean-up: Graffiti is removed from the Arc de Triomphe 24 hours after 'gilets jaunes' protesters stole assault rifle from cops, attacked police, burned cars and left 133 injured in France's worst riots in 50 years

* Violent protesters took over the Champs-Elysees and torched cars, smashed windows and attacked police
* Emmanuel Macron visited the Arc de Triomphe today as soon as he returned from the G20 in Buenos Aires
* The protests began as a rebellion against fuel prices but have grown into weeks of civil unrest in the capital

Graffiti was removed from the Arc de Triomphe today after anti-Macron protesters stormed through Paris on Saturday.

The protesters occupied the city centre and torched cars, smashed windows with clubs and axes and stole an assault rifle from riot police firing tear gas and water cannon in France's worst urban rioting for years.

The French President - who faced calls to resign from protesters who scrawled anti-Macron slogans on the Arc de Triomphe - today vowed to bring the rioters to justice as he inspected wreckage on the Champs-Elysees.

The 'yellow vest' protests, which began as a rebellion against a fuel tax hike but have expanded into weeks of civil unrest, spread across the country yesterday and ended with 133 people injured, including 23 police officers, and 412 arrested last night.

Macron was jeered by lingering yellow-vest supporters before chairing a crisis meeting with ministers, amid calls to declare a state of emergency or even send in the army to quell the violence.

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WNU Editor: The protests are starting to spread .... Students blockade schools as French protests spread (The Guardian)

Unrest In France -- News Updates December 3, 2018

Macron seeks way out of crisis after Paris riots -- AFP
Yellow Vests: French PM meets opposition after weekend of violent clashes -- France 24
France's Macron hunts for way out of 'yellow vest' crisis -- Reuters
Macron Returns to Turmoil, as France Weighs State of Emergency -- The New York Times
French President Emmanuel Macron returns to riot-stricken Paris, promising 'dialogue' with protesters -- ABC News Online
Macron tells PM to hold talks after worst riots in Paris in years -- Al Jazeera
Macron to hold emergency Cabinet meeting over Paris protests -- UPI
Macron considers emergency after Paris' largest civil disturbance in 50 years -- UPI
France mulls state of emergency after 3rd weekend of Yellow Vest protest mayhem -- RT
Paris riots: PM to meet protest groups after worst unrest in decade -- The Guardian
French President Holds Security Meeting On Yellow Vest Protests -- NPR
France fuel protests: Macron holds urgent security meeting -- BBC
Timeless art destroyed, 12,000 canisters of tear gas fired in anti-Macron riots in Paris -- Business Insider
The violence, burning and looting wasn't just in Paris on Saturday -- The Local