<span style="color: #222222;">French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Tuesday announced a six-month suspension of a fuel tax rise which has led to weeks of violent protests. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a televised address, Mr Philippe said that people's anger must be heard, and the measures would not be applied until there has been proper debate with those affected.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The protests have hit major French cities, causing considerable damage for the past three weekends.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Three people have been killed and hundreds injured in the clashes since the unrest began in November. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The planned new tax was to increase gasoline price by 4 euro cents per litre from January next year. Gasoline currently costs about 1.42 euros a litre in Paris, slightly more than diesel.</span><br />''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><br />''</p>