The "yellow vest" movement in France is planning a large protest on December 29th.

"The Yellow Vest protesters are still being mobilized," Laetitia Dewalle, spokesperson for the "Yellow Vest" protest movement in France, said on December 27.AFPBenjamin Cauchy, a representative of the movement, said that the seventh consecutive week of protests would take place on December 29th, continuing into New Year's Eve on December 31st "to show that the mobilization will not end in the new year."

Cauchy also warned that if the concessions offered by President Emmanuel Macron so far are not fulfilled, "we will hold large-scale protests at the end of January." Although the number of protesters across the country has decreased significantly, thousands still plan to participate in the New Year's Eve demonstration, which they call a "festive and non-violent event."

Earlier in the day, Paris city officials said that the New Year's Eve celebrations on the Champs-Elysees would go ahead, despite planned protests by the "yellow vests." Plans for fireworks and a New Year's music program on the Champs-Elysees, themed "brotherhood," were still underway. Tens of thousands of tourists and locals were expected to attend the event.

Since November, the Champs-Elysees has been the focal point of successive violent protests against the Macron government to oppose plans to increase fuel taxes and improve people's living standards, culminating in the vandalism of the Arc de Triomphe on December 1st. Tens of thousands of people have participated in protests across France.

Macron sought to defuse the crisis in mid-December by announcing a €10 billion ($11.4 billion) package to support pensioners and low-income workers. This move split the "yellow vest" movement. Moderates were willing to engage in dialogue with the government, while others continued to protest, arguing that the government's solution was inadequate.

Priscillia Ludosky, who launched the May petition against the fuel tax increase and played a major role in sparking the "yellow vest" movement, declared that Macron's measures "are insufficient and lack any genuine desire to improve the living standards of the French people."

The "Yellow Vest" movement is considered the biggest crisis President Macron has faced during his term. The movement subsequently spread to many European countries. On December 15th, thousands marched in Rome, Italy, to protest the government's new anti-immigration law. In Austria, around 17,000 people in Vienna took to the streets to protest migration policies, demanding shorter working days and the abolition of austerity measures.

In England, on December 14th, activists supporting Britain's exit from the European Union (EU), dressed in yellow vests, marched on Westminster Bridge, causing traffic congestion.