Authorities deployed 70,000 security personnel across the country for the October 24 marches in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Montpellier and Nantes. 'Nearly 1,000' people were arrested, a number that 'will rise' as more figures come in, authorities said.
During the October 17 protest, the Yellow Vests showed up to support high school students. The term first appeared in Le Monde as early as 1950, when it referred to the most sophisticated spectators at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées....
Violence in earlier protests prompted authorities to take additional security measures, with massive deployments of police and even soldiers observed across several European capitals....
