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Watch: How the 'gilets jaunes' movement escalated in France

The "gilets jaunes" (yellow vests) movement emerged out of anger over fuel price hikes in France and later snowballed to become a wider protest against social inequalities.

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What does Macron's body language tell us about his TV address?

Euronews spoke to non-verbal communication analyst Javier Torregrosa

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Hundreds of speed cameras disabled since 'gilets jaunes' protests

Hundreds of speed cameras in France have been put out of service since Gilets Jaunes protests began.

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Former 'gilets jaunes' Facebook page administrator tells her story

Leila was an administrator of one of the biggest 'gilets jaunes' Facebook pages. She tells Euronews why she decided to join the online movement and later quit.

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'Gilets jaunes': Five takeaways from Macron's address

In a long-awaited speech, Macron said protesters’ anger and indignation was “deep, and in many ways legitimate”.

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Macron to address nation after another weekend of violent protests

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to address the nation later today, after another weekend of violent protests.

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Europe briefing: Four stories to know about today

Here are the top stories from across Europe you need to know about today.

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'Yellow vests': French minister tells Trump 'stop meddling'

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Trump should not meddle in the country's politics after the American leader criticised Macron on Twitter

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'At the end I ask myself why I work just to survive'

"At the end, I ask myself why I work just to survive," man who came up with using "yellow vests" as the symbol for protests, tells Euronews

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Violence goes down compared to last week's gilets jaunes protests

Saturday's gilets jaunes protests were less violent than last weekend's, announced French Interior Minister, adding that turnout was also down.

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"I don't have enough money to feed myself"

As thousands of protesters marched out in the streets of Paris, Euronews travelled to different French cities to understand why people have joined the movement.

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France sees a new wave of climate marches

Thousands of people gathered in the streets of various cities across France to demand that the government take action to limit global warming despite the gilets jaunes protests.

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High school students in France take to Paris streets

One demonstrator said: "We want to bring our support towards this movement which will allow us to be heard by the government."

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'Gilets jaunes' violence, Balkans pollution — No Comment of the week

We take a look back at the best videos this week from our No Comment section.

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Euronews joins the student demonstrations on the streets of Paris

Euronews' Emmanuelle Saliba is meeting student protesters in Paris as the movement gains momentum to hear their stories and find out more about why they are taking to the streets.

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Anger over video of French student protesters arrested on their knees

A video showing police overlooking student protesters on their knees and with their hands behind their heads has sparked a lot of angry reaction in France.

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Europe briefing: Five stories to know about today

Euronews looks back at the biggest stories from around Europe this morning.

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Students clash with police and burn car in Nantes

Students clashed with police in the French western city of Nantes on Thursday as anger grows in France over President Emmanuel macron's reforms.

Italy

Vehicle tax drives budget fallout among Italy's ruling populists

The ruling Five Star Movement and its coalition partner, the League party, look to have had a falling out over the budget.

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SaintéLyon 2018: on the trail of the oldest ultramarathon in France

A euronews reporter accepted the challenge to race 81km through the night, to complete the SaintéLyon, the oldest ultramarathon in France

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