French PM to Meet ‘Yellow Vest’ Protesters

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President Emmanuel Macron has asked Prime Minister Édouard Philippe to cross the barricades in an attempt to halt the most destructive demonstrations to hit Paris in a decade. More than 400 were arrested and 133 injured over the weekend as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters clashed with riot police and some set buildings and cars on fire. The diplomatic approach to the third straight week of demonstrations — sparked by a hike in fuel prices — is a shift away from a proposed state of emergency that was floated earlier.