Yellow vest movement: Heavy security as France protests begin per BBC News

Are the protestors from the left or the right? It's easy to tell; if they were from the right then the BBC would say so, probable saying "far right", as there's no place on the political spectrum then can we assume the protestors are far left? 

BBC protect the protestors and President Macron at the same time here https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46492070