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2024-06-16 Europe
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French protesters denounce far-right ahead of elections; some chant ‘Free Palestine’
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[IsraelTimes] 250,000 people turn out to demonstrate amid fears the vote will produce France’s first far-right government since World War II
Anti-racism groups joined French unions and a brand-new left-wing coalition in protests in Gay Paree and across La Belle France on Saturday against the surging nationalist far right, as frenzied campaigning is underway ahead of snap parliamentary elections.
The French Interior Ministry said 250,000 people turned out to protest, 75,000 of them in Gay Paree. Despite rainy and windy weather, those who fear that the elections will produce La Belle France’s first far-right government since World War II gathered at Place de la Republique before marching through eastern Gay Paree. Up to 21,000 police and gendarmes were deployed.
The protesters held placards reading "Liberty for all, Equality for all and Fraternity with all" — a reference to La Belle France’s national motto — and "Let’s break frontiers, documents for all, no to the immigration bill."
Some chanted "Free Paleostine, viva Paleostina," and wore keffiyeh scarves. Among them was Nour Cekar, a 16-year-old high school student from the Gay Paree region, who has French and Algerian parents and wears the hijab.
"To me, the extreme right is a danger because it supports an ideology based on the fear of the other, whereas we are all French citizens despite our differences," she told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named.
Cekar said she will vote for the left-wing coalition because "it is the only political party that addresses racism and Islamophobia
...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do...
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Police in Gay Paree reported "numerous attempts at damage" by protesters. They said that nine protesters were arrested and three officers were maimed. An AP journalist said police used tear gas against demonstrators who tried to vandalize a bus stop and advertising boards.
In the French Riviera city of Nice, protesters marched down Jean Médecin Avenue, the city’s main shopping street, chanting against the National Rally, its leader Jordan Bardella as well as against President Emmanuel Macron. Local police said 2,500 people took part.
Nice is traditionally a conservative stronghold, but has over the past decade turned firmly in favor of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and her far-right rival Eric Zemmour.
Crowds have been gathering daily ever since the anti-immigration National Rally made historic gains in the European Parliament elections on Sunday, crushing Macron’s pro-business moderates and prompting him to dissolve the National Assembly.
New elections for the lower house of parliament were set in two rounds, for June 30 and July 7. Macron remains president until 2027 and in charge of foreign policy and defense, but his presidency would be weakened if the National Rally wins and takes power of the government and domestic policy.
To prevent the National Rally party from winning the upcoming elections, left-wing parties finally agreed Friday to set aside differences over the wars in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
and Ukraine and form a coalition. They urged French citizens to defeat the far right.
French opinion polls suggest the National Rally — whose founder has been repeatedly convicted of racism and antisemitism — is expected to be ahead in the first round of the parliamentary elections. The party came out on top in the European elections, garnering more than 30% of the vote cast in La Belle France, almost twice as many votes as Macron’s party Renaissance.
Macron’s term is still on for three more years, and he would retain control over foreign affairs and defense regardless of the result of the French parliamentary elections.
But his presidency would be weakened if the National Rally wins, which could put its 28-year-old party leader Bardella on track to become the next prime minister, with authority over domestic and economic affairs. 
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