French yellow vest protesters march in support of injured 73-year-old activist

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Yellow vest protesters are rallying in France to support an activist injured in a confrontation with police and show they remain mobilised against the government’s economic policies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The demonstrators remain undeterred by protest bans or repeated injuries during 20 weeks of demonstrations&comma; and are marching again in Paris&comma; Bordeaux&comma; and other cities to keep pressing President Emmanuel Macron to do more to help the working classes&comma; redesign French politics — or step down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They are also showing solidarity with Genevieve Legay&comma; a 73-year-old anti-globalisation activist who suffered a head injury in the southern city of Nice last weekend&period; The chief prosecutor in Nice said a police officer pushed her down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are all Genevieve&excl;”<&sol;em> read an online appeal for Saturday’s protests&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Paris&comma; thousands of yellow vests started marching from the Gare de l’Est&comma; in the north of the city centre&period; They were heading south to weave through the Left Bank and past the Eiffel Tower&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The French capital was placed under high security&period; Protests were banned around the Champs-Elysees&comma; scene of recent rioting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Audrey Bayart&comma; who came from northern France for the protest&comma; said Ms Legay’s case shows the government’s contempt towards protesters&comma; 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