Protesters have been banned from the Champs Elysees but crowds are still expected there later.
The number of deaths also climbed by 40 in a day to reach a total of 30,893. France has the seventh-highest death rate in the world.The yellow vests are returning to the streets of Paris for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic
Other yellow vest protests are taking place in the French cities of Marseille, Nice, Lyon, Lille, Nantes and Strasbourg among others. The protest movement began in 2018 - with marches taking place for 70 Saturdays in a row before the coronavirus lockdown - over fuel tax increases and other reforms by President Macron's government.
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