Macron CRISIS: Eiffel Tower to SHUT as France braces for “ULTRA-VIOLENT” protests

Anticipating a fourth weekend of violence, France has mobilised armoured vehicles and thousands of police officers. They have also cordoned of Paris’ boulevards and plan to shut tourist hotspots like the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. Other sites like the Orsay Museum and the Grand Palais, as well as many shops and museums, will also keep their doors shut for safety reasons.

Culture minister Franck Riester told RTL radio: “We need to protect culture sites in Paris, but also everywhere in France.”

Around 89,000 police officers will be out in the streets nationwide, an increase from 65,000 last weekend, when more than 130 people were injured and more than 400 arrested.

The street violence last week was the worst France has seen in decades.

Rioters torched 200 cars, looted shops and vandalised the Arc de Triomphe.

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Elsewhere, police seized 28 petrol bombs at a roundabout in Montauban near Toulouse, as well as three homemade bombs.

This weekend could be crucial for French President Emmanuel Macron, who appears who have lost control of the escalating crisis.

Interior minister Christophe Castaner said: “According to our information, radicalised and rebellious people will try to mobilise tomorrow.”

He added: “Some ultra-violent people want to take part.”

Moderate figureheads of the “yellow vest” movement urged protestors to stay away from the French capital.

Authorities have also cancelled six French league football matches around the country.

Paris’ police force has identified 14 high-risk sectors to be cleared out.

They will remove all glass containers, railings and building machines set up in these sectors, including the Champs-Elysees avenue.

Many businesses are being boarded up.

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo issued a plea to those planning on rioting: “Take care of Paris on Saturday because Paris belongs to all the French people.”

The unrest, which began on November 17, was originally in response to an increase in fuel tax.

Officials has urged protestors to lay down their weapons and President Macron even agreed to abandon his proposed fuel tax increase.

However, protesters’ demands have evolved to include other issues affecting the French people.