France prohibits weekend Yellow Vest protests

By Can Erozden</p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – Yellow Vest protests this weekend were prohibited Thursday in Paris and in Lille, according to police.</p> <p>Parisian police said protestors, claiming to be part of the Yellow Vests, will be kept off the French National Assembly and Elysee Palace.</p> <p>Yellow Vest protests in Lille will be interdicted, regional daily La Voix du Nord from north France said on its website.</p> <p>It is said Michel Lalande, the prefect of Nord, signed a decree, which prohibits protests Saturday in central Lille.</p> <p>Yellow Vest protests began in November 2018 in response to rising fuel costs, which later turned into deadly anti-government riots.</p> <p>The protests have left 11 people dead and more than 2,000 injured, according to the government.</p> <p>More than 8,000 people have been arrested since the beginning of Yellow Vest protests and 2,000 were remanded in custody.

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