taken yesterday on the Champs Elysees in Paris after a day of uprising because of increased oïl tax.---------------------------------------------------------- Police have used teargas and water cannon against fuel tax protesters in Paris after violent clashes erupted on the Champs Élysées. Thousands of demonstrators from all over France massed on the famous boulevard on Saturday to express their anger at the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his government. But what was supposed to be a peaceful protest by the gilets jaunes (yellow jackets) movement degenerated rapidly. On one side, protesters reportedly infiltrated by far-right extremists and casseurs (rioters and hooligans) tore up paving stones and hurled them and other missiles at police before building barricades that they set alight. On the other, police used teargas, pepper spray, water cannon and bulldozers to clear the road.