Probe of ‘Yellow Vest race slurs’

PARIS authorities have opened an investigation into anti-Semitic remarks hurled at a noted philosopher during a Yellow Vest protest.

The incident in the capital has helped to raise national concerns about the movement’s ascendant radical fringe.

A few demonstrators targeted philosopher Alain Finkielkraut with insults on the sidelines of a Yellow Vest protest through Paris on Saturday. The shocking incident prompted criticism from French president Emmanuel Macron and other prominent figures.