An estimated 50,000 joined France's first yellow protest of 2019 against Macron

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• Several thousand protesters clashed with authorities Saturday in Paris during the yellow vest movement's first action of 2019. 
• The movement has targeted French President Emmanuel Macron for several weekends since initially taking issue with a policy that raised fuel prices. 
• Around 50,000 people were estimated to be protesting across the country Saturday.

PARIS (AP) — French security forces fired tear gas and flash-balls after a march through picturesque central Paris went from peaceful to provocative Saturday as several thousand protesters staged the yellow vest movement's first action of 2019 to keep up pressure on President Emmanuel Macron.

A riverboat restaurant moored below the clashes on the Left Bank of the Seine River caught fire. Smoke and tear gas wafted above the Orsay Museum and the gold dome of the French Academy as riot police, nearly invisible at the start of the demonstration, moved front and center when protesters deviated from an officially approved path.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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