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France is social unrest it has not for generations. The country famous for its revolutions and protests has been by a series of nationwide, violent demonstrations. Hundreds of thousands of people have to the streets for the past four weekends and have chaos to businesses, transport and the French economy. The protests are led by the Yellow Vests Movement, so called because protestors high-visibility yellow jackets usually by the emergency services. The protests are by rising fuel prices, the high cost of living, and claims that an unequal burden of new tax reforms were on the working and middle classes.

France's President Emmanuel Macron has "a state of social and economic emergency". The violence has over a billion dollars in damages so far. This figure is to rise as more demos are . Paris has suffered the brunt of the protests and authorities are famous sites like the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. To public anger, Mr Macron has to cancel his proposed rise in fuel prices, deliver tax relief for the poor and a tax on retired people. He called for the havoc and mayhem to end and for calm and order to return. He said: "No anger attacking a police officer...or damaging a shop or public building. When violence is unleashed, freedom ."