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"Dozens of Yellow Vest protesters took to the streets of Paris, calling on French authorities to increase government subsidies to offset the 40 per cent spike in diesel prices caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in late February. Footage from Saturday shows protesters waving French flags and chanting anti-government slogans. "They really see us as cash cows, it's clear that they try as much as possible to harass us, to pick our pockets constantly," said a protester. Another protester accused French politicians of being corrupt and of using ordinary people to line their own pockets. "No, they're not out of touch; they're following their own path, and their path is to get rich at the expense of the population," he said. The French government earlier introduced caps at the height of the Middle East conflict in March at around 1.99 euros per litre for petrol and 2.09 euros for diesel to protect drivers from rising costs, which expired on April 7. TotalEnergies has eased back its fuel price cap scheme and raised its diesel price ceiling to 2.25 euros per litre until the end of April, while retaining the 1.99-euro cap on petrol only for a limited number of 'fuel advantage' plan customers. The rally came after Iran said it had closed the Hormuz Strait again, and ships were reportedly attacked. The shipping channel was briefly reopened on Friday, and ships had started to transit through. Tehran says the reaction is over the continuing US blockade on Iranian ports, calling it a 'breach of the ceasefire'."
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