French protesters are standing up to the far right ahead of the country’s snap elections’
According to Reuters, after the results of some polls and opinion polls were announced and the far-right National Rally party was in the lead in the French parliamentary elections, thousands of people protested this issue in various cities of the country, including Paris.
Paris is the center of inflammation/protest of the far-right opponents in the streets of France
A week after the victory of the National Rally Party in the European Parliament elections, the French police announced that about 350,000 people are expected to come to the streets of the country and protest. The French police also announced the mobilization of 21,000 troops.
In Paris, according to the police, 75 thousand people came to the streets. According to the announcement of the General Confederation of French Labor, 250,000 people protested in Paris and 640,000 in the whole country. Police say they have arrested seven people in the French capital.
Paris is the center of inflammation/protest of the far-right opponents in the streets of France
Sophie Binet, the left-wing leader of this union, said: We are protesting because we are very worried about the appointment of Jordan Bardella (the leader of the National Rally Party) as the prime minister. We want to prevent this disaster.
Protesters in this demonstration were holding placards with slogans against the extreme right. “I don’t want to live in racist and fascist France” was one of these slogans.
Paris is the center of inflammation/protest of the far-right opponents in the streets of France
French President Manuel Macron decided to dissolve the country’s parliament after his coalition performed poorly in the European Parliament elections. According to a survey conducted by the French Public Opinion Research Institute (IFAP), in the first round of the country’s parliamentary elections, the right-wing “Rally National” party led by the leader of the French opposition, Marine Le Pen, won 35 percent of the votes. will fail The French National Assembly elections will be held in two rounds (June 30 and July 17).