"March of freedoms": on the left, a common demonstration but in dispersed order

The political, trade union and associative lefts are meeting on Saturday for a "March for freedoms", a counterattack by the far right. "Recent news shows us that we are even more right to do that", believes rebellious deputy Eric Coquerel, co-initiator of the event, alluding to the video of youtubeur Papacito and the slap received Tuesday by Emmanuel Macron. With parades in many cities of France, at the call of more than a hundred organizations, this march is intended to be a large-scale event. The fact remains that the left-wing parties will go there in dispersed order.

The PS and the PCF had initially been reluctant to sign a unanimous appeal, later announcing their participation in a separate press release.

They will all walk in the end, but each on their own.

The rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Benoît Hamon (Generations) and the ecologist Julien Bayou should participate in Paris.

The leader of the Communists Fabien Roussel will be in Lille and the socialist Olivier Faure in PACA. 

"This joint demonstration does not augur for a union of the left"

A dispersion which illustrates the current division of the forces of the left.

Division further accentuated by the controversial remarks of Jean-Luc Mélenchon last weekend linking terrorism and presidential elections, which all the rest of the left immediately condemned.

"This common demonstration does not augur for a union of the left, some come dragging their feet", recognizes a rebellious.

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To overcome these obstacles, the initiators turned to the cultural, associative and union leftists through an appeal broadcast in

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Support had then quickly flowed in, from the CGT to the Cimade via the LDH, the FSU, the Syndicat de la magistrature or various NGOs for the climate.