![TOPSHOT - French Gendarmes patrol in front of Gendarmerie armored vehicles (VBRG) parked on the Champs Elysees, in Paris on December 15, 2018, ahead of a demonstration called by the yellow vest (gilet jaune) to protest against rising costs of living they blame on high taxes. The "Yellow Vests" (Gilets Jaunes) 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. / AFP / Valery HACHE](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/CF2BRJIVZEO3SY7HQTBPMFAOEU.jpg?smart=true&auth=0a2e609dac94feaf0cbc7d27646b7f7aac82f89db0bf42c6fdd6b3c48d83bacd&width=400&height=225)
French Gendarmes patrol in front of armored vehicles parked on the Champs Elysees, in Paris on December 15. AFP
French Gendarmes patrol in front of armored vehicles parked on the Champs Elysees, in Paris on December 15. AFP
France's 'yellow vest' protests decline on fifth weekend
Defiant 'gilets jaunes' activists take to the streets, but numbers appear lower after Macron's concessions
Agence France Presse
15 December, 2018