Yellow Vests and students converge in nationwide protests ahead of French elections

France's Yellow Vests movement has called for Saturday protests joining student rallies against rising living costs, weeks ahead of presidential elections.

• The Yellow Vests movement urged teachers, workers, retirees, farmers and students to join nationwide protests, with more than 600 planned across France.
• Police estimate around 200,000 people could take part nationwide, including 40,000 in Paris.
• Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu ordered a crisis cell Friday to monitor the demonstrations, ahead of presidential elections in April and May.
• Macron, in Brussels for an EU meeting, called for "calm and respect," saying the right to protest must respect people and property.