Very supervised by the police, the parade was punctuated by sporadic incidents after its departure from the Menilmontant district (XXth arrondissement).
At the start of the demonstration, projectiles, recovered in particular on a construction site, were launched in the direction of the police who responded with tear gas, without causing any injuries, according to a police source.
The rest of the event went off without a hitch.
"We are here to speak out against the ideology of Zemmour worthy of the Third Reich and whose rise is in part to be attributed to the media position," a 34-year-old protester Franck told AFP. refusing to give his name.
"Zemmour wants to send back children of immigrants born like me in France, but I'm French just as much as he is, that's why I'm protesting," he added.
On the head banner, one read "to unite against fascism and Islamophobia".
In the procession, counting in its ranks members of the ultra-left, they chanted "State, police, fascism, we do not want it", "anti-capitalism" or "the mutilated police, justice acquits".
An 18-year-old protester told AFP anonymously: "if we have Le Pen-Zemmour in the second round (of the presidential election), I am leaving France, it would become really unlivable for people of color like me".
Like others in the procession, she also incriminated the government's health policy: "Fascism is also these deprivation of freedoms linked to the (health) past, we are less and less free, having to pay to go to work or go out, "criticized the young woman, however vaccinated against Covid-19.
The procession -composed in particular of "antifas" dressed in black - was joined by a handful of protesters yellow vests opposed to the health pass.
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