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The Gilets Jaunes protests: What's happening in France?

France is no stranger to street protests, but the latest movement is different.

Organised through social media rather than established institutions, the protests against a planned rise in fuel prices have morphed into a show of anger against an elite viewed as out of touch.

But will the gilets jaunes - named after their yellow hi-vis jackets - be a lasting force in French politics?

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