(Worthy News) – More than 1,000 people were arrested during another weekend of protests in France, as President Emmanuel Macron plans to hold talks with business leaders and trade unions Monday.
France’s Interior Ministry said 1,723 people were taken in for questioning, 1,220 were taken into custody and 135 were injured over the weekend as “gilets jaunes” or “yellow jacket” demonstrators took to the streets for a fourth weekend in protest of rising living costs, elimination of the “fortune tax” and a lack of government effort to address inequality, CNN reported.
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