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A protester stands next to a statue dressed in a yellow vest in front of the Opera Garnier during a demonstration before the opening debate on the French government's pensions reform bill at the National Assembly in Paris, France, 17 February 2020.  - Sputnik International

Live Updates: Police Use Tear Gas, Make Arrests at Yellow Vests Protests in Paris - Video

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The upcoming municipal election in France is scheduled to take place on Sunday followed by a second round that is slated to take place a week later, on 22 March.

Yellow Vests demonstrators are gathering in the French capital Paris in the lead-up to the first round of France's municipal election.

The Yellow Vests movement was triggered by a government plan to raise fuel taxes, which many French citizens saw as a serious blow to their purchasing power. The weekly protest movement, whose symbol became the highly-visible safety jackets that French drivers are required to have in their cars, has recently been replaced by another vast wave of protests against a government pension reform plan.

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