Anger over COVID rules gives new impetus to France's Yellow Vests

FILE PHOTO: Jerome Rodrigues, one of the yellow vest movement's leading figures, attends an interview with Reuters beside a protest of the "yellow vests" movement, in Paris, France, July 21, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

TREMBLAY-EN-FRANCE, France (Reuters) - Working from his one-room apartment near Paris airport, Jerome Rodrigues has been trying to re-invigorate a Yellow Vest protest movement that two years ago challenged President Emmanuel Macron's rule then petered out.

Now, public anger at government measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, which some people say are an attack on their liberty, has given Rodrigues and his movement fresh momentum.