Thousands of people gathered Monday evening in several cities in France to express their opposition to the far right which, they denounce, finds itself “at the gates of power”, after its surge in the polls the day before and the announcement of an upcoming dissolution of the National Assembly.
Place de la République in Paris, several thousand people according to an AFP journalist – 3,000 according to the police headquarters -, including many young people, gathered from 8:00 p.m., shouting, middle fingers raised: “Youth is pissing off the National Front” (ancestor party of the National Rally, RN) or even “Everyone hates Marine Le Pen”.
The atmosphere was more tense shortly before midnight, with the police trying to disperse the procession with disencirclement grenades and charges.
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In Marseille, France’s second city, which placed the RN list at the top during the European elections on Sunday, 2,200 people gathered at the call of several unions, left-wing parties and the Human Rights League in front of the regional prefecture.
Several thousand people also gathered in Nantes (4,400), Rennes (more than 2,500) and Rouen (800).
In Bordeaux, some 2,800 people, according to the prefecture, also gathered at Place de la Victoire to the rhythm of drums and the melody of “Bella ciao”. “FN, RN of roots and hatred”, “No to the Hate era”, or even “Make racists afraid again”, we could read on the signs.
In Montpellier, Toulouse and Besançon, a thousand people also demonstrated.
In Strasbourg, there were 950 according to the police.
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