#BREAKING: at least 5 people were injured, after a car drove into the crowd at a #YellowVests protest in France.
https://twitter.com/BRNewsFlash/status/1096808253479141376
2 critical per this website.
It is not in the mainstream press too much yet, take with a grain of salt but they are probably accurate reports:
Boost for Macron as yellow vest support falls in week of clampdowns
By David Chazan
16 February 2019 • 4:35pm
When the "yellow vests" first took to the streets, they basked in the approval of the overwhelming majority of French people, but after three months of violent protests, the tide appears to be turning.
A poll suggested for the first time this week that most people — some 58 per cent — now want an end to the weekend protests. They are fed up with avoiding city centres on Saturdays for fear of getting caught in clashes between protesters and police, and they want to be able to shop or meet friends in cafés.
The French supported the initial roundabout occupations because they saw them as justified protests over fuel prices and the cost of living, said Bernard Sananès, head of the Elabe polling institute. “But there’s a gulf between the roundabout demands and the Saturday protests.â€
Read more at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/16/boost-macron-yellow-vest-support-falls-week-clampdowns/
