Macron to break silence amid protests

Unrest a 'catastrophe' for French economy, finance minister says, as tourism impacted

PARIS - Amid loud calls for him to end the "yellow vest" crisis gripping the country, French President Emmanuel Macron was expected to address the nation late on Monday as authorities count the cost of weeks of anti-government protests.

The president will speak in his first public comments after four weeks of nationwide demonstrations which again turned violent on Saturday in Paris and other cities.