Tens of thousands of people across France march against far-right's attacks on freedoms during 'Liberty March' in cities and towns across the country
Organisers reported 70,000 participants in Paris and 150,000 around the nation, while the Paris police and Interior Ministry put the numbers at 9,000 in the capital and 37,000 nationwide.In Nantes, western France, around 900 people rallied, according to the local prefecture, including scores of far-left militants who clashed with police.
In the Mediterranean port of Marseilles, more than a thousand demonstrators marched behind a CGT union banner that called for "unity to break down the capitalism that leads to fascism". Protesters vented against issues ranging from recent legislation they say chips away at liberties, such as a law that could see prosecutions for publishing images of police officers in action, to what they charge is a creep of far-right ideas into the mainstream ahead of next year's elections.
In the southern city of Toulouse, a 54-year-old teacher and union activist who gave his name as Gauthier remarked that students had begun to challenge him and warned that "extreme right ideas are gaining ground". Far-right ideas "are no longer the monopoly of far-right parties and ... have now largely penetrated the political class," said Benoit Hamon, the Socialist presidential candidate in 2017.
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