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A protester wearing a yellow vest is shown holding a flag near burning debris at the approach to the A2 Paris-Brussels highway, Dec. 4, 2018.

France’s Macron makes U-turn on fuel-tax increases in face of ‘yellow vest’ protests

The French government on Tuesday suspended planned increases in three taxes on fuel for a six-month period starting Jan.1 in response to nationwide protests against high pump prices and living costs, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced.

An ambulance driver in France is shown kicking a can of smoke with French riot police in the background.

France’s Macron hunts for way out of ‘yellow vest’ crisis

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