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REPORTAGE – “Sad, angry, stunned. » Like Michaël, 30, thousands of people gathered at Place de la République in Paris on Sunday, June 30, on the evening of the first round of the legislative elections, against the far right and in support of the New Popular Front.
As you can see in our video report at the top of the article, The compact crowd chanted “Youth annoys the FN” or ” We are all antifascists “while waving flags of La France Insoumise (LFI), Young Environmentalists, the Socialist Party as well as the Kanak independence flag and the Palestinian flag.
Among the protesters, anger and sadness dominate. For a history like that of France, it’s abominablelaments Séverine, 57 years old. This is the worst thing that could have happened to him tonight.” “As a person of colour myself, I feel like I am directly targeted by the results of the National Front. I am French and I feel like I am being rejected by my own country,” regrets Michaël, 30 years old.
The hope of a “republican surge”
Despite these feelings, all the protesters interviewed by Le HuffPost keep hope, and hope for a ” Republican surge » in between turns. “ We are going to fight, we are going to gather here every evening and we are going to do everything so that the RN does not have an absolute majority on the 7th. “, assures Julien, 35 years old.
Other rallies took place across France. In Lyon, nearly 800 people, according to the prefecture, gathered against the far right, responding to a call from several anti-fascist and far-left groups. A demonstration across the city was later marked by a few incidents, according to AFP journalists. Some 400 people also demonstrated in the streets of Lille and about 150 in Rennes.
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