Six days after the first round of the presidential election which saw Marine Le Pen rank second with 23.15% of the vote behind Emmanuel Macron (27.85%), protesters opposed to the far right will speak out in the streets .
About 15,000 of them are expected throughout the territory on Saturday, according to the authorities.
They respond to the call of more than thirty organizations and unions including SOS Racisme, the CGT or the Syndicat de la magistrature.
Their watchwords: "Against the far right and its ideas, no Marine Le Pen at the Élysée".
"By rejecting Marine Le Pen, it is a question of preventing the advent of a destructive social project of the rule of law, of the social and united democratic republic that we defend every day", they explain in a statement published on the website of the League of Human Rights (LDH), denouncing a "misleading program".
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See you on #April 16 in the streets everywhere in France, and at 2 p.m. Place de la Nation in Paris: against the far right and its ideas, no Marine Le Pen at the Elysée!
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“The freedom of the press and the diversity of French trade unionism are both in danger when the far right is close to taking power”, argues in a press release the National Union of Journalists, which rallies the movement initiated by the LDH.
Thirty events are planned.
In the capital, the procession will leave Place de la Nation at 2:00 p.m., heading for Place de la République.
A demonstration considered "at risk" by the authorities, who expect around 4,000 participants.
The procession is "likely to bring together various protesters, yellow vests, ultra-left" and associations, said a police source.
"The student mobilization of the last few days is likely to swell the ranks," said the same source, according to whom "several dozen activists from the radical protest movement" could be present.
Many angry students have been mobilized since Wednesday in Paris, Nancy, Lyon or Reims to protest against the result of the first round and highlight ecological and social issues.
In Marseille, a rally is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. from the Old Port, not far from the Pharo where the candidate president must hold a meeting at 4:00 p.m. In the Marseille city, 31.12% of the votes went to Jean -Luc Mélenchon, 22.62% to the Head of State on April 10.
In a press release, Sud Santé calls for people to join the movement in Marseille and denounces the arrival of the far right in the second round, considering that "the responsibilities are to be sought on the side of the ultraliberal policies, carried out for years, which have exacerbated the injustices and social inequalities, pushing territories and populations into precariousness and disarray".
In Amiens, a few hundred people should answer the call in the city of Emmanuel Macron, where Jean-Luc Mélenchon came out on top in the 1st round with 31.27%, the child of the country collecting 30.05% .
With AFP
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