Five of the large French unions have called for more than 200 demonstrations this Saturday all over the country waiting massive against the extreme right to mobilize the electorate for the legislative elections in which Marine Le Pen’s National Group is the clear favorite.

Marylise Léon, general secretary of the CFDT, the country’s first union, has justified the relevance of an organization like hers, which defends the rights and interests of workers, to be involved in an action like this because France is “in a historic moment. For our democracy it is a leap into the unknown”.

In an interview with the France Inter radio station, Léon insisted that the French Democratic Confederation of Labor (CFDT) “has always been extremely clear: neither neutral nor party. And When it comes to the far right, we mobilize“. The reason is “the incompatibility of values” with a center like yours that defends “solidarity, fraternity and equality, in opposition”, in his opinion, to the positions of the extreme right and the RN that ” “They have based their program on inequality of rights, discrimination and a vision of democracy without counterpowers.”

Police intelligence services have calculated that Up to 350,000 people could parade throughout the country, of which 150,000 in Paris alone between the Plaza de la República and the Plaza de la Nación. One of the risks of the day is that extremist groups take the opportunity to organize altercations and disturbances that could harm the image of the demonstrations, whose call has been joined by the left-wing parties gathered in the new Popular Front that has been set up this year. week.

To prevent acts of violence and damage to street furniture, businesses or headquarters of political parties or candidates, the law enforcement forces are going to deploy some 21,000 police and gendarmes.

Ciotti remains president of the right

The Paris Judicial Court suspended the expulsion of Éric Ciotti this Friday of the conservative Los Republicanos (LR), so he continues as president of this formation, thus leaving the two orders of the party’s executive committee void. Ciotti had been subject to this expulsion due to his plan to forge an alliance with Marine Le Pen’s far-right for the early legislative elections of June 30 and July 7 in France. Now we have to wait for the decision that the party barons will make in this regard.

At the same time, the Popular Front remains firm despite differences between the coalition parties. France Insoumise has published its list of 230 candidates for the early legislative elections, leaving out prominent and discordant figures from the party, while including controversial personalities such as Adrien Quatennens, convicted of domestic violence.

Among the candidates is also former President Hollande, who this Saturday announced his candidacy for the early legislative elections in the first constituency of Corrèze for the Socialist Party, integrated into the recently created left-wing alliance of the New Popular Front.