French President Emmanuel Macron will meet representatives of trade unions, employers’ organisations and associations of local elected officials on Monday, an Élysée Palace source said on Sunday.

Macron will also meet with Senate president Gérard Larcher and National Assembly president Richard Ferrand.

The meeting, which will take place at 0900 GMT (10 am local time), follows a fourth weekend of violent Yellow Vest riots in which anti-government protesters threw stones, torched cars and vandalised shops and restaurants across the country.

“The president wants to bring together all the political, territorial, economic and social forces at these difficult times for the nation, in order to hear their voices and proposals with a view to mobilise them into action,” the Élysée said.

(FRANCE 24 with REUTERS and AFP)