Demonstrations against the RN and the far right in several major cities in France
Demonstrations to block the National Rally and the far right took place on Thursday, June 27, in several major cities in France, bringing together several thousand people, according to a count by Agence France-Presse.
The largest gathering took place in Paris, at the call of the media (Mediapart, PoliticalArrêt sur images…), unions (CFDT, CGT, Confédération paysanne, FSU…) and many associations (Attac, Greenpeace, Abbé Pierre…). Several personalities spoke to the crowd, including former minister Cécile Duflot, actresses Judith Godrèche and Corinne Masiero, director Alice Diop and comedian Guillaume Meurice.
In Rennes, in the gathering of some 700 people organized at midday at the call of the CGT, the CFDT, FO and Solidaires, Wilfried Lemaréchal, general secretary of the CFDT Ille-et-Vilaine, came to “say no to the threat that the RN poses to democracy”.
In Lille, some 300 demonstrators, many of them health sector employees, called for “the unity of employees, students, retirees and immigrants”.
