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Over 30,000 people joined the Yellow Vests protests across France on Saturday as the demonstrations entered their ninth consecutive week. Speaking to Sputnik, Dr. Emmanuel Dupuy, president of the Institute of European Perspective & Security Studies, suggested that the movement has hit a vital nerve at the core of French society.
Sputnik: What's happening on the ground right now?
Emmanuel Dupuy: At this time, we see a roundup of the manifestation. We are experiencing a new type of organisation, with more coordinating procedure.
The manifestation is now split into two, both in the city of Paris, and in the centre of France, in the city of Bourges, to show that the movement is not only focused on a certain number of political grievances, but more on a social and societal dynamic, and this is why, symbolically, part of this region decided to have this manifestation in the centre of France in Bourges.
Comment: The use of puns is perhaps more offensive than the lame Nazi theme.