Third weekend of protests in France

Let's cross now to our reporter in the Capitol, Emerald Maxwell. So Emerald, despite government pledges earlier this week, protesters back on the streets, what's the atmosphere like where you are? Well, the protest is yet to start. It kicks off at 2 p.m. So no press protesters as of yet, but plenty of police. Laurent Nunez, the interior minister, has promised 70,000 police officers and gendarmes on the streets of France today. And you can see there's a few vans behind me. There's also quite a few vans which we've seen them drive past in the half an hour that we've been here, setting up, getting ready for the protest in a few hours. We also saw some removing some bikes which had been locked. They actually came and broke the locks and piled them into the back of a van presumably to stop very much. using them be held here on the outskirts of the city. It was going to be in the centre of town. That's what the protesters wanted. There was a bit of a row. And then finally, the government won. And it's going to be held here on the outskirts of the city. the city where it is easier to contain for the police. They've also closed a lot of dozens of metro stations around town. There will be curfews later tonight from 11 p.m. in certain parts of Paris. And that's because they're very well aware of the anger that's still on the streets in these movements because of course those students have been joined by yellow vest protesters and the movement has really widened. It's not just about those initial demands that the high schoolers had, demands which the government went some way to meeting earlier this week with new pledges for more places in higher education for instance, but now it's a lot about a lot more than that. It's come about the cost of living, the high cost of living. And also about civil liberties and racial injustice and the right to protest. And that's after the perceived or real heavy-handedness of police towards protesters since the movement began in September. Emerald, thank you so much for keeping us updated. Of course, we'll be checking in with you throughout the day. That's Emerald Maxwell there in Paris.