Yellow Vests announce new protests across France for next week

France's Yellow Vests movement announced new protests for next week, coinciding with a day of demonstrations across the country, according to organizers on their website Saturday. They plan a "third action" on October 31, calling for gatherings and sit-ins outside the National Assembly in Paris and municipal buildings nationwide. The movement also plans a protest next Friday featuring noisy demonstrations with kitchen utensils like pots and pans, a tactic known as "casserolade." The Yellow Vests originally emerged between November 2018 and early 2019 against rising living costs and social injustice, named after the reflective vests worn by protesters. The movement is resurfacing amid renewed unrest in France. Meanwhile, a large trade union march in Paris on Saturday passed largely peacefully, though media reported tensions in other French cities.