FRANCE-POLITICS-SOCIAL-DEMO

French singer Francis Lalanne (C) sits with "yellow vest" protesters novelist Joelle Corte (R), independent contractor Vincent Salvadorini (2nd R), association worker Thierry Paul Valette (2nd L) and Pascal Assan (L) as he gives a press conference on the creation of a "yellow vest" list for the European elections of May 2019, on December 17, 2018, in Paris. Anti-government protests which have rocked France over the past month eased notably over the weekend, after the government offered a range of concessions to ease the anger over declining living standards for people already struggling to make ends meet. Many of the "yellow vest" protesters have nonetheless vowed to keep up the pressure, hoping their movement will become a more permanent fixture of the French political landscape. / AFP PHOTO / Eric Feferberg (Photo by Eric Feferberg / AFP) (Photo by ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP via Getty Images)