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Demonstrators gather around a burning barricade during clashes with riots police, in Paris, France, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. Crowds of protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France's high taxes tried to converge on the presidential palace Saturday, some scuffling with police firing tear gas, amid exceptional security measures aimed at preventing a repeat of last week's rioting. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Latest: French official says Trump should keep quiet

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Riot police officers charge during clashes, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 in the Old Port of Marseille, southern France. The rumble of armored police trucks and the hiss of tear gas filled central Paris on Saturday, as French riot police fought to contain thousands of yellow-vested protesters venting their anger against the government in a movement that has grown more violent by the week. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

‘Yellow vests’ riots increase pressure on Emmanuel Macron

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

United States' Carli Lloyd smiles prior to the women's soccer World Cup France 2019 draw, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

The Latest: Swedes can win it, says coach Gerhardsson

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Riot police officer stand in front a burning trash bin during clashes, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 in Marseille, southern France. French riot police fired tear gas and water cannon in Paris on Saturday, trying to stop thousands of yellow-vested protesters from converging on the presidential palace to express their anger at high taxes and French President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Paris under siege: Tear gas, fury on the Champs-Elysees

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

School children demonstrate in Paris, Friday Dec.7, 2018. Footage showing the brutal arrest of high school students protesting outside Paris is causing a stir ahead of further anti-government protests this weekend. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Latest: France: 135 hurt in protests; 1,000 detained

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People run away from a burning car during clashes, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 in Marseille, southern France. The grassroots movement began as resistance against a rise in taxes for diesel and gasoline, but quickly expanded to encompass frustration at stagnant incomes and the growing cost of living. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Donald Trump suggests axing ‘ridiculous’ Paris climate accord after more rioting in France

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Protestors hold a banner which reads 'social winter is coming' during a demonstration in Brussels, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. Hundreds of police officers are being mobilized in Brussels Saturday, where yellow vest protesters last week clashed with police and torched two police vehicles. More than 70 people were detained. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Clashes as yellow vest protests grow in Belgium, Netherlands

By LORNE COOK and MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

United States' Carli Lloyd waves as she stands by the World Cup trophy, during the women's soccer World Cup France 2019 draw, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

US draws Sweden again for 2019 Women’s World Cup

By JEROME PUGMIRE and ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

A bin is burning as school children demonstrate in Paris, Friday Dec.7, 2018. Footage showing the brutal arrest of high school students protesting outside Paris is causing a stir ahead of further anti-government protests this weekend. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Rioting engulfs Paris as anger grows over high French taxes

By Elaine Ganley and John Leicester - Associated Press

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

FILE - In this Nov.21, 2018 file photo, France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a meeting with French mayors at the Elysee Palace, in Paris. As protests rage through France and Paris locks down fearing new riots, the man whose presidency unleashed the anger is nowhere to be seen. President Emmanuel Macron has stayed out of the public eye all week, leaving his unpopular government to try to calm the nation. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool, File)

As protests rages in France, Macron remains invisible

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2018 file photo, a demonstrator waves the French flag on a burning barricade on the Champs-Elysees avenue with the Arc de Triomphe in background, during a demonstration against the rise of fuel taxes. There are parallels for unpopular French President Emmanuel Macron in the demise of King Louis XVI more than two centuries ago. Democracy has replaced monarchy but the culture of a mob taking its anger against perceived inequality onto the streets of Paris has not changed. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

The Latest: ‘Yellow vest’ members meet with French PM

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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)

The Latest: French PM: 89,000 police to be deployed Saturday

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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

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

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

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

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French Riots Over Gas Tax Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Emmanuel Macron’s ‘green’ taxes have the French seeing red

By Daniel Kochis

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