Demonstration ends in Bordeaux with some arrests The May Day demonstration in Bordeaux, regional stronghold of the Yellow Vests, took place calmly, bringing together 6,400 trade union demonstrators and some 1,300 yellow vests according to the prefecture. In the middle of the afternoon, a group of yellow vests on the outskirts of the city center tried to set up several barricades and light some garbage bins on fire before being stopped by the police, who carried out several arrests. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES