These mobilizations took place in Paris, where A total of 26,000 people are estimatedand the rest occurred in the west of Nantes, Strasbourg, Nice and MarseillesFive people were arrested for carrying illegal weapons, throwing projectiles and causing damage to the demonstration in the French capital, police said.
Although the number of 100,000 was revealed by the police themselves, the organisers claimed that there were 300,000 involved in the repudiation of Macron’s announcement.
“The Fifth Republic is collapsing”said protester Manon Bonijol. “Voting (in parliament) will be useless as long as Macron is in power,” added the 21-year-old. For his part, the far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchonwhose party La France Insoumise (LFI) and allies belong to the left-wing bloc, said the election was “stolen from the French” and called on them to take to the streets.
He further urged his followers to prepare for battle, and He assured that “there will be no pause”. And he added: “Democracy is not only the art of accepting that you have won, it is also the humility of accepting that you have lost,” from a truck at the Paris protest.
Emmanuel Macron names France’s new prime minister: who is Michel Barnier?
Macron last Thursday appointed the former European Brexit negotiator, the conservative Michel Barnieras new prime minister from France, whose main objective will be to form “a government of unity“and avoid its swift censure in a divided Parliament.
After a meeting at the Elysee Palace in ParisMacron has entrusted him with “forming a unity government” after weeks of “unprecedented” consultations to ensure an appointment “as stable as possible.”
“It’s going to take a lot of listening and a lot of respect. Respect between the government and Parliamentby all political forces and I will start working on it from tonight,” he said. Barnier in his first remarks as Prime Minister.
The center-right president opened a political crisis in France with the advancement in June of the legislative elections scheduled for 2027, which left a National Assembly, the lower house, with three main blocs, all far from an absolute majority.
The left coalition New Popular Front (NFP) won the election with the promise of repeal the reform of Macron’s pensions, and the president refused to name his candidate for prime minister, the economist Lucie Castets, on behalf of the “stability“.
Source: Ambito
