A series of opinion polls have projected that the far-right party National Rally could win the upcoming French elections and be in a position to form the next government.
The French Ministry says 250,000 protesters turned out across the country to oppose France's far-right National Rally Party.
President Emmanuel Macron called the snap elections, to be held in two rounds on June 30 and July 7, after his centrist alliance wasThe French Interior Ministry said 250,000 people turned out to oppose the RN on Saturday, including 75,000 in Paris.Despite rainy and windy weather, those who fear that the elections will produce France's first far-right government since World War II gathered at Place de la République before marching through eastern Paris.
On the same march, Cecilia Lormeau, a 34-year-old teacher who said she planned to vote for the Popular Front, an alliance of left-wing parties, said: "It is important to show we are mobilised and that the RN is not the majority of the people."A first series of opinion polls have projected that the RN could win the upcoming elections and be in a position to form the next government.
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