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Mathilde Pouzet speaks during an interview with Associated Press in Villeneuve-La-Garenne, outside Paris, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Pouzet set out for Paris on Nov. 17 for her first protest with a grassroots movement that is now shaking France. She returned for the next two, braving tear gas and dodging violence. Three weeks later, she was blockading a fuel depot of gas giant Total, until dozens of police in riot gear cleared out her small group. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

To the barricades: why a nursery aide joins French protests

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Guests arrive at the 'Spodek' multipurpose arena complex for the COP24 summit in Katowice , Poland, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Trump administration touts fossil fuels at COP-24 U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 file photo, participants perform yoga in front of the Eiffel Tower as part of the sport event &quot;La Parisienne&quot;, in Paris. The Eiffel Tower announces it will be closed on Saturday, Dec. 8 due to the protests called in the French capital by the yellow vest movement. Tickets bought online will be refunded, the company operating the Paris monument said on Twitter. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, file)

Eiffel Tower to close amid ‘yellow vests’ riot fears

By Angela Charlton and Alex Turnbull - Associated Press

A demonstrator holds a placard reading &quot; Join us&quot; as they stand by toll gates on a motorway at Biarritz southwestern France, Wednesday, Dec.5, 2018. The concessions made by French president Emmanuel Macron's government in a bid to stop the huge and violent anti-government demonstrations seemed on Wednesday to have failed to convince protesters, with trade unions and disgruntled farmers now threatening to join the fray. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

France fears more riots; Museums, Eiffel Tower to close

By ANGELA CHARLTON and ALEX TURNBULL - Associated Press

A demonstrator walks past a burning barricade near the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees avenue during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. A French protest against rising taxes and the high cost of living turned into a riot Saturday in Paris as police fired tear gas and water cannon in street battles with activists wearing the fluorescent yellow vests of a new movement. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

‘Yellow vests’ force Emmanuel Macron to abandon France fuel tax increase

By Sylvie Corbet and Samuel Petrequin and Angela Charlton - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 file picture, a worker reinforces store windows on the famed Champs Elysees avenue to prepare for an expected protest by the &quot;yellow jackets&quot; on Saturday as a protest last weekend degenerated into violence, in Paris. One year and a half after he came into power, Macron is facing violent protests over rising taxes, high cost of living and his policies are criticized as favoring the rich. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

AP Explains: The French protesters’ economic discontents

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Demonstrators stand in front of a makeshift barricade set up by the so-called yellow jackets to block the entrance of a fuel depot in Le Mans, western France, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2018. French government's decision to suspend fuel tax and utility hikes Tuesday did little to appease protesters, who called the move a &quot;first step&quot; and vowed to fight on after large-scale rioting in Paris last weekend. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

The Latest: French protests ahead despite Macron concession

Associated Press

Demonstrators stand in front of a makeshift barricade set up by the so-called yellow jackets to block the entrance of a fuel depot in Le Mans, western France, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2018. French government's decision to suspend fuel tax and utility hikes Tuesday did little to appease protesters, who called the move a &quot;first step&quot; and vowed to fight on after large-scale rioting in Paris last weekend. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

Macron scraps French fuel tax hike amid violent protests

By SYLVIE CORBET and SAMUEL PETREQUIN and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Ambulance workers hold flares outside the National Assembly in Paris, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Ambulance workers took to the streets and gathered close to the National Assembly in downtown Paris to complain about changes to working conditions as French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is holding crisis talks with representatives of major political parties in the wake of violent anti-government protests that have rocked Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The Latest: Macron visits building torched by protesters

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Demonstrators run by a burning fire near the Arc de Triomphe during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. Paris police say at least 63 people have been arrested in violent clashes between protesters and police amid nationwide demonstrations against rising taxes and President Emmanuel Macron's policies. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Yellow jackets France protest threatens Macron

By Jabeen Bhatti and John Dyer — Special to The Washington Times

A worker is about to clean a graffiti reading &quot; Macron resignation&quot; on the Arc de Triomphe the day after a demonstration, in Paris, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. A protest against rising taxes and the high cost of living turned into a riot in the French capital, as activists torched cars, smashed windows, looted stores and tagged the Arc de Triomphe with multi-colored graffiti. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Latest: Paris police chief says 112 cars torched in riot

Associated Press

Hooded demonstrators smash a car during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. Protesters angry about rising taxes clashed with French police for a third straight weekend and over 100 were arrested after pockets of demonstrators built barricades in the middle of streets in central Paris, lit fires and threw rocks at officers Saturday. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Yellow jackets protest erupts into riot in Paris

By Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace, the day after clashes between police and activists wearing yellow jackets, in Paris, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. A protest against rising taxes and the high cost of living turned into a riot in the French capital, as activists torched cars, smashed windows, looted stores and tagged the Arc de Triomphe with multi-colored graffiti (Stephane Mahe/ Pool Photo via AP)

Emmanuel Macron holds emergency meeting after Paris protest riot

Associated Press

A worker is about to clean a graffiti reading &quot; Macron resignation&quot; on the Arc de Triomphe the day after a demonstration, in Paris, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. A protest against rising taxes and the high cost of living turned into a riot in the French capital, as activists torched cars, smashed windows, looted stores and tagged the Arc de Triomphe with multi-colored graffiti. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Emmanuel Macron visits damaged Arc de Triomphe after protest riot

Associated Press

A demonstrator watches a burning car near the Champs-Elysees avenue during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. French authorities have deployed thousands of police on Paris' Champs-Elysees avenue to try to contain protests by people angry over rising taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Paris assesses injuries, damage after worst riot in decade

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

French riot police officers take position amid tear gas during a demonstration Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 in Paris. French authorities have deployed thousands of police on Paris' Champs-Elysees avenue to try to contain protests by people angry over rising taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Worst riot in a decade engulfs Paris; Macron vows action

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Demonstrators wearing yellow jackets make a chain in front of police forces near the Champs-Elysees avenue during a demonstration Saturday, Dec.1, 2018 in Paris. French authorities have deployed thousands of police on Paris' Champs-Elysees avenue to try to contain protests by people angry over rising taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

The Latest: French PM to skip climate meeting, focus on riot

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2018 file photo, protesters known as the yellow jackets, wave a French flag and a poster reading &quot;Free toll&quot; as they open the toll gates on a motorway in Antibes, southern France. France's prime minister Edouard Philippe will meet with some protesters' representatives on Friday in an effort to calm the tensions over rising taxes, a first since the movement started two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)

Talks collapse between French protesters and prime minister

By SYLVIE CORBET and ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint press conference with Argentina's President Mauricio Macri at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. Macron will attend the G20 two-day summit starting Friday. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

The Latest: Walking dead march in Buenos Aires before summit

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A demonstrator waves the French flag onto a burning barricade on the Champs-Elysees avenue with the Arc de Triomphe in background, during a demonstration against the rising of the fuel taxes, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018 in Paris. French police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators in Paris Saturday, as thousands gathered in the capital and staged road blockades across the nation to vent anger against rising fuel taxes and Emmanuel Macron's presidency.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Emmanuel Macron keeps France climate-change tax despite protests

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times