The streets of Paris have been set ablaze during ‘yellow vests’ protests in Paris this evening leaving the Eiffel Tower shrouded in thick black smoke after riot police fired tear gas at crowds earlier today.
Protesters have set cars alight and left them to burn in the streets of the capital city, as a demonstration against the French government’s tax policies resumed for the seventh consecutive week.
Shocking images show the iconic tower masked by a covering of smoke and cars engulfed by burning flames sitting abandoned on the roadside as demonstrators continued their standoff with authorities.
The streets of Paris have been set ablaze during ‘yellow vests’ protests in Paris this evening leaving the Eiffel Tower shrouded in thick black smoke after riot police fired tear gas at crowds earlier today
Protesters have set cars alight and left them to burn in the streets of the capital city, as protests against the French government’s tax policies resumed for the seventh consecutive week
Earlier today yellow vest demonstrators clashed with riot police who fired tear gas at crowds in Paris today after demonstrators from the grassroots movement turned out this weekend to resume their standoff with authorities.
But the turnout for round seven of the popular protests that have rocked France appeared low.
Despite it being the seventh weekend of protests, momentum for the movement appears to be waning as only small groups took to the streets in Paris and elsewhere in France.
Shocking images show the iconic tower masked by a covering of smoke and cars engulfed by burning flames sit abandoned on the roadside as demonstrators continued their standoff with authorities
Cars were left to burn in the streets of Paris following a day of high tension between the yellow vests and authorities
Protesters spilled on to tram lines and lobbed projectiles at police who replied with tear gas grenades and detained several people.
Tear gas was also fired in Nantes, western France, and protests were expected in Lyon, Bordeaux, and Toulouse.
Yellow vest demonstrators clashed with riot police who fired tear gas at crowds who set fire to barricades in Toulouse, southern France, today
French police clash with protesters during a yellow vest demonstration in Toulouse, southern France
French gendarmes stand in a cloud of tear gas during a demonstration of yellow vests (gilets Jaunes) protesters in downtown Nantes, western France, today
A protester wearing a yellow vest and a gas mask tries to kick a French riot police officer during a demonstration against the rising costs of living, in downtown Nantes, western France
Protesters clash with police officers during a demonstration called by the yellow vests in downtown Nantes today
Protesters run away from a burning Christmas tree in Paris as the seventh consecutive weekend of riots began today