Yellow Vests' protests participants drops to lowest number yet

Official figures said that fewer people than ever joined the Yellow Vests demonstrations in France on Saturday, the 17th consecutive weekend of anti-government protest. The Interior Ministry counted 28,600 protestors country-wide, of which 3000 were in Paris.

The lowest turnout prior to this weekend was on during the year-end holidays when 32,000 protestors blocked roundabouts.
Rallied mainly by social networks, numbers have been gradually dropping off.

Womens' rights groups also took part, following up on 8 March, International Womens' Day's calls for gender parity and more protection from sexual harrassment and domestic violence.
Police said 19 people were arrested in Paris for insulting behaviour, committing violent acts, or carrying weapons, while in the cities of Lyon and Bordeaux some incidents were reported.
Alongside the habitual general protests, the Yellow Vests gathered on Saturday to show opposition to a specific government plan.
Seeking to diversify their range of action, they attacked the government's aim to privatise further ADP, the firm which manages the Roissy Charles de Gaulle, Le Bourget and Orly airports. The French state is ADP's majority shareholder.It was partly privatised in 2005.