French protesters fall away in 14th week

France’s “yellow vest” protesters yesterday took to the streets for the 14th weekend in a row. A poll last week showed dwindling support for the movement, which began last November over fuel taxes and morphed into a more general protest against the government.

More than half of those surveyed said they wanted the occasionally violent protests to end. The number of protesters have fallen from highs of over 300,000 nationwide in November to around 50,000 last week.

Late in the afternoon, police and some hooded protesters clashed at the Esplanade des Invalides in central Paris where the march was expected to end.