EMANNUEL MACRON has caved in again and agreed to give police a pay rise after a “blue vest” cop protest.

The French president agreed after police stations closed down across the country amid weeks of riots from the Yellow Vest protesters.

13 The police protest has been dubbed the Blue Vest movement Credit: EPA

Police have been complaining about exhausting hours of patrols and the lack of funding in new equipment, which have stretched departments.

A group of cops organised plans through social media for a demonstration last night in front of a police station at the famous Champs-Elysees Avenue.

Cops and paramilitary police have confronted protesters with tear gas, water cannons and armoured vehicles in the past weeks across the country.

Last night saw a peaceful demonstration with about 80 police wearing arm bands and emergency workers.

13 The Blue Vest protesters held a demonstration on the Champs-Elysees Avenue Credit: REUTERS

13 One protester lights a flare in the crowd Credit: EPA

Police reinforced their demands after Macron caved and announced a £9billion (€10billion) packet of financial relief for low-income earners to squash the violent Yellow Vest protests.

Guillaume Lebeau, vice president of a group called Mobilization of Angry Police, highlighted how stressed the police force have been.

He said: “We don’t have the means to be everywhere at the same time. We have to make a choice and that’s not normal.”

There is a high suicide rate among police that is 36 per cent higher than the general population, which unions attribute to the harsh working conditions, according to a Senate report.

13 Some wore yellow vests in solidarity to the Yellow Vest movement Credit: AP:Associated Press

13 Police and emergency workers participated in peaceful demonstrations this week Credit: AP:Associated Press

More than 30 officers have taken their own lives this year, and many have used their service revolvers.

The suicide rate is higher among the paramilitary police, the gendarmes.

In November a gendarmes took his life in the garden of the prime minster’s office.

The Senate report, which was published in July, stated that the daily routine of a cop includes using broken equipment, working in dirty stations, driving rundown cars and out-of-touch management.

13 A report described how police face dire conditions at work and suffer from stretched resources Credit: AP:Associated Press

It was noted that it is not unusual for police who are brought to Paris to sleep in their cars and crowd small rooms.

Lebeau said some police wear bicycle helmets because there aren’t enough police ones.

The interior minister has promised to change those things.

Christophe Castaner tweeted yesterday about a “first-of-a-kind effort for our security forces” in a reference to equipment and buildings.

13 About police and emergency worker demonstrated in Paris to demand better pay and police equipment Credit: EPA

13 The 'Yellow Vest' protesters have taken to wearing the yellow vests all drivers in France have to keep in their cars Credit: Getty Images - Getty

13 Fireworks explode on French riot police vehicles in Bordeaux Credit: AFP or licensors

13 Yellow Vest protesters setting up a barricade in South West France Credit: AFP or licensors

13 Medics tend to a Yellow Vests protester's head injury during demonstrations Credit: Rex Features

13 Police sprayed protesters with pepper spray during the protests in Paris Credit: AFP

He added that “unacceptable conditions” remain in relation to unpaid overtime.

Talks about compensation and work hours are planned for January.

Castaner said in a statement: “This agreement paves the way for improved and upgraded working conditions and pay for officers.”

Union officials say the average monthly pay will be increased to £108 (€120) a month and for senior positions it will go up to £135 (€150).

Yellow Vest protesters take to the streets for a fifth weekend in a row

13 Emmanuel Macron has caved to police protesting poor working conditions and low pay Credit: EPA

Macrons’ government will also start negotiating on the backlog of overtime pay, which unions claim they are owned £248million (€275million).

Yves Lefebvre of the Unite-SGP Police union said after the talks: “It’s what we were looking for, we wanted an immediate boost to spending power.”

The violent confrontations with protesters across the country and the manhunt for the gunman, who killed three people and injured at least 14, in at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, was the final straw for many cops.

The Yellow Vest movement is led by protesters wearing the distinctively coloured roadside safety vests used by motorists known as gilets jaunes in French.

Since the movement kicked off November 17, three people have been killed and hundreds injured in clashes or accidents stemming from the protests.

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In the past three weeks, demonstrators have been setting up roadblocks across the country and their movement has won wide public support.

Most want the government to scrap the new fuel taxes, hold a review of the tax system and raise the minimum wage.

There have also been calls to roll back Macron’s tax cuts for the wealthy and his economic programme, which is seen as pro-business.

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