Shouting “This is the storming of the Bastille!”, “Treason!” and “Macron’s coup de force!”, thousands of leftists protesting in France took to the streets across France this Saturday after President Emmanuel Macron rejected the demands of the French left, with the Communists of the New Popular FrontFor form a government And appointed veteran conservative Michel Barnier as prime minister in his placeThe leftists wanted a New Popular Front government, headed by far-left politician Lucie Castets, after the coalition of left-wing parties triumphed in the French elections after allying with the party. President Emmanuel Macron against Marine Le Pen’s party.
The call to demonstrate in France, with the slogan “For democracy, stop Macron’s coup d’état”, comes from left-wing groupswhat they did before The appointment of Barnier. Instead, after Macron officially decided not to nominate Lucie Castets, the candidate for prime minister of the left-wing New Popular Front alliance, they justified their protests by saying that this was why they had taken to the streets against Macron and his “coup force.”
He The French president said Castets would not survive an immediate vote of no confidenceBut rally organizers called Macron’s decision a “coup de force.” Meanwhile, Barnier, former European Commissioner and Brexit negotiatoris not a member of a pro-Macron party, but of the conservative Republicans, who won less than 7% of the vote in the first round of the French snap elections. Barnier represents a more moderate option, who can count on the support of the pro-Macron forces and the Republicans. In the meantime, the sustainability of his government will depend on the tacit support of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally.
Instead, the leftists want to impose their candidates and their program on Macron. demonstrations took place in ParisNantes, Nice, Marseille and Strasbourg. In Paris, protesters gathered at Place de la Bastille. The left-wing alliance won a surprising victory in France’s early elections, following Marine Le Pen’s victory in the European elections in June. However, despite its first place, the New Popular Front is far from having obtained an absolute majority. The French Greens, the the communists and the Insoumise France movement of the Trotskyist Jean-Luc Mélenchon They called on their supporters to join the protests.
At the head of the Paris demonstration, Mélenchon shouted this Saturday that “the French people are in rebellion. They have entered into a revolution. There will be no pause, no truce“I call you to a long-term battle,” he added.
The leader of La France Insoumise, Trotskyist Jean-Luc Mélenchon, was one of the political leaders present at the Parisian parade, which began at Place de la Bastille, where he stressed that it will be ““a battle and a fight that will last a long time”. Mélenchon confirmed the presentation of a motion of censure against Barnierthat all left-wing parties have committed to voting at the start of parliamentary sessions, which may not happen before October.
