<span style="color: #222222;">Police Saturday fired tear gas and water cannon against protesters in central Paris who are demanding French President Emmanuel Macron to roll back tax hikes on motor fuel.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Several thousand demonstrators gathered on the famous Champs-Elysees where they clashed with police trying to prevent them moving down to the Place de la Concorde, one of the major public squares in Paris, near the Louvre museum. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Police said, the protestors tried to break through a cordon several times but were prevented from doing so, with tear gas.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Some 3,000 police were deployed in the capital as demonstrators who have blocked French roads over the past week wearing their now signature high-visibility yellow jackets were set to cause another day of disruption.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Lakhs of people blocked motorways, roundabouts, businesses, and fuel depots last Saturday. Smaller protests have continued this week. Over five thousand people wearing the fluorescent yellow jackets taking part yesterday.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The demonstrations were sparked by an increase in diesel tax, justified as an anti-pollution levy by the government.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Two people have died and over 750 people, including 136 police officers, were injured during the week of demonstrations. </span><br />''