PHOTOS: French protests win government concessions

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Protestors wearing "yellow vests" demonstrate on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris on Dec. 8, 2018 against rising costs of living they blame on high taxes. - Paris was on high alert on December 8 with major security measures in place ahead of fresh "yellow vest" protests which authorities fear could turn violent for a second weekend in a row.

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"Yellow vests" protesters block the access to the 'Carrefour Supply Chain', the regional logistics centre of the Carrefour group and the warehouse of five road haulers, on December 10, 2018, in Allonnes near Le Mans, northwestern France.

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French Union CFE-CGC president Francois Hommeril answers journalists' questions after a meeting with French president, on Dec. 10, 2018 at the Elysee palace in Paris, as part of consultations in search of a way to end the so called "Yellow vests" crisis.

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From left: French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, French President Emmanuel Macron and French Ecology Minister Francois de Rugy meet with representatives of trade unions, employers' organizations and local elected officials at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris, as part of consultations in search of a way to end the so called "Yellow vests" crisis, on December 10, 2018.

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French Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Territorial Communities Jacqueline Gourault leaves after a meeting with trade unionists and the French president, on Dec. 10, 2018 at the Elysee palace in Paris, as part of consultations in search of a way to end the so called "Yellow vests" crisis.

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Riot police officers clash with protestors wearing "yellow vests" as they demonstrate against rising costs of living in the Champs Elysees in Paris on Dec. 8, 2018. Paris was on high alert on December 8 with major security measures in place ahead of fresh "yellow vest" protests which authorities fear could turn violent for a second weekend in a row.

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A protester wearing a Yellow Vest pushes a trolley during a demonstration of the 'Yellow Vests' (Gilets Jaunes) against rising costs of living in Paris on Dec. 8, 2018.

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A protestor throws a projectile in Paris on Dec. 8, 2018 during a mobilization against rising costs of living they blame on high taxes. Paris was on high alert on December 8 with major security measures in place ahead of fresh "yellow vest" protests which authorities fear could turn violent for a second weekend in a row.

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A protestor wearing a "yellow vest" and brandishing a french national flag stands in front of riot police armored vehicles in Marseille, southern France during a protest against rising costs of living they blame on high taxes on Dec. 8, 2018. - Paris was on high alert on Dec. 8, 2018 with major security measures in place ahead of fresh "yellow vest" protests which authorities fear could turn violent for a second weekend in a row.

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Riot police run next to a car set on fire during a protest of Yellow vest against rising costs of living they blame on high taxes on Dec. 8, 2018 on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris. Paris was on high alert on December 8 with major security measures in place ahead of fresh "yellow vest" protests which authorities fear could turn violent for a second weekend in a row.

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A car burns during a demonstration of yellow vests against rising costs of living they blame on high taxes in Paris, on Dec. 8, 2018. The "yellow vest" movement in France originally started as a protest about planned fuel hikes but has morphed into a mass protest against President's policies and top-down style of governing.

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A protestor wearing a "Yellow vest" gestures during clash with riot police amid tear gas near the Champs Elysees in Paris on Dec. 8, 2018 during a protest of against rising costs of living they blame on high taxes. - Paris was on high alert on December 8 with major security measures in place ahead of fresh "yellow vest" protests which authorities fear could turn violent for a second weekend in a row.

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Protestors wearing yellow vests hug on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Dec. 8, 2018 during a protest against rising costs of living they blame on high taxes. - Paris was on high alert on December 8 with major security measures in place ahead of fresh "yellow vest" protests which authorities fear could turn violent for a second weekend in a row.

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Protestors hold a banner reading "The People speaks out" on the "Promenade des Anglais" during a protest of Yellow vests against rising oil prices and living costs, in Nice, southeastern France, on Dec. 8, 2018. - An estimated 31,000 people joined "yellow vest" anti-government protests across France on December 8, deputy interior minister said, adding that 700 people had been detained.

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Car drivers gesture as "Yellow vests" protestors gather to protest against rising oil prices and living costs at the highway's toll of La Barque, on Dec. 9, 2018, near Marseille, southern France. - Calls mounted on December 9 for French President to bring an end to the "yellow vest" crisis gripping France as authorities in Paris and elsewhere counted the cost of another day of violent protests and looting.

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Protesters chant slogans during the 'yellow vests' demonstration on the Champs-Elysées near the Arc de Triomphe on Dec. 8, 2018 in Paris France. ''Yellow Vests' is a protest movement without political affiliation which was inspired by opposition to a new fuel tax. After a month of protests, which have wrecked parts of Paris and other French cities, there are fears the movement has been infiltrated by 'ultra-violent' protesters. Today's protest has involved at least 5,000 demonstrators gathering in the Parisian city centre with police having made over 200 arrests so far.