Anti-racism groups join French unions and a brand-new left-wing coalition.
Protesters sing chants during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, Saturday, June 15, 2024. Anti-racism groups joined French unions and a brand-new left-wing coalition in protests in Paris and across France on Saturday against the surging nationalist far right as frenzied campaigning is underway ahead of snap parliamentary elections.
Among them was Nour Cekar, a 16 year-old high school student from the Paris region, who has French and Algerian parents and wears the hijab. “I fear the rise of the National Rally because I am afraid that they will ban the hijab in name of women's liberty. I am a woman and I should be able to decide what I want to wear. I am a free woman,” she said, adding that she is insulted on social media and in the streets on a daily basis because of her headscarf.
“We provide medical care to everyone, without worrying about their nationality, the color of their skin or their religion, unlike the fascists that single out Black, Arabs or Muslim people,” he said. 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.New elections for the lower house of parliament were set in two rounds, for June 30 and July 7.
To prevent the National Rally party from winning the upcoming elections, left-wing parties finally agreed Friday to set aside differences over
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