France cleans up Champs-Elysees after rioting

PARIS, Mar 17 (AP): Paris cleaned up one of the world's most glamorous avenues on Saturday after resurgent rioting by yellow vest protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron stunned the nation.

Luxury stores, restaurants and banks on the Champs-Elysees assessed damage Sunday after they were ransacked or blackened by life-threatening fires.

Tourists took pictures as shop owners tried to repair broken windows and city workers scrubbed away graffiti, much of it targeting Macron.

The renewed violence by a movement that had been fizzling in recent weeks was a wakeup call to a president seen as favoring the elite.

Macron promised a crackdown on troublemakers he said "want to destroy the republic, at the risk of killing people." But he also tweeted that the rioting showed that his government needs to do more to address protesters' concerns.