I'd say your perception is wrong, bishop.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4877892.stm Quote:
Some of the fire seems to have gone out of the demonstrations, though, and even the skirmishes between the waiting riot police and hooded youths at the end of the march at Place d'Italie seemed desultory, as though even the trouble-makers' hearts were not quite in it any more.
Though the national and international media were camped out ready with satellite vans and live positions overlooking the square, only a few hundred youths remained by 9 p.m..
A few fisticuffs between rival gangs led to some excited running around, but this time the riot police had also reworked their tactics - sending in plainclothes snatch squads to pick out trouble-makers and drag them off before any real fights got going.
As for the demonstrators, many left the square early to get home in time to watch Lyon play in a televised football match. In Paris at least, the mood on the streets seemed a little more subdued and more sombre than last week.
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