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On 9 June 2024, the National Rally party headed by Jordan Bardella, obtained 31.36% of the votes in the European parliamentary elections, causing French President Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National Assembly and call for new legislative elections in two rounds on 30 June and 7 July 2024, to elect the 577 members of the 17th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic.
Protests across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old last Tuesday have been described as like a “mini civil war” by a British national living in Marseille.
Family of slained teen urge for unrest to ‘calm down’
Misinformation about the protests was promoted by far-right and anti-migrant social media users to discredit the protesters, cultural minorities in France, and the country's immigration policies. Hindu nationalists also promoted misinformation targeting Muslims. [120]
According to the French interior minister, 107,000 people participated in the protests following calls from leftwing parties. A number of black-clad protesters clashed with the Police and smashed shop windows with 11 protesters being arrested in Paris. [2] Other estimates stated that over 300,000 people participated in the protests. [8]
France also saw protests against racial profiling and other injustice in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by police in Minnesota. Tuesday’s killing was the third fatal shooting during ...
PARIS (Reuters) -Thousands marched in Paris and cities across France on Saturday to protest against the far-right National Rally (RN) ahead of upcoming elections to the French parliament.
The 2024 French farmers' protests [2] ... Major roads have been affected in France from January 23. [21] Protesters planned to besiege Paris starting January 29.