٠٠:٠١:٠٧Thousands of French voters descended on the Place de la Republique in Paris after pollsters projected a win for the NFP bloc in the second round of the French parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Footage captures demonstrators chanting anti-fascist slogans including 'Paris districts are anti-fascist' and 'Everyone hates fascism', while holding a large banner reading 'France is a fabric of migration', waving French flags and lighting flares.
The demonstrators climbed the famous Monument to the Republic, where the statue of Marianne, who personifies the French Republic, is surrounded by statues representing the nation's founding values of liberty, equality and fraternity, with a lion guarding ballot box at its base.
Pollsters Ipsos, Ifop and Elabe following the vote suggest that a seismic shift has taken place after opinion polls during the campaign put the anti-immigration National Rally (NR) bloc out in front, with the left-green New Popular Front (NFP) projected to secure between 171 and 199 seats, with Macron's Ensemble coalition in second and NR bloc in third place. The French National Assembly holds 577 seats, with 289 required for an absolute majority.
The NFP brings together green and liberal parties including La France Insoumise, the Socialist Party, The Ecologists (coalition), the French Communist Party, Generations, and Place Publique. Following anti-immigration party NR's lead in the first round of the vote, the parties came together to create a 'republican front' to 'block the advance' of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella's party.
French President Emmanuel Macron called the snap legislative vote following huge losses for his Renaissance party in the EU Parliament elections, which saw a huge surge for Jordan Bardella's NR. The election had not been expected until 2027.
Across the EU bloc, conservative, nationalist and anti-immigration groups also made large gains. Many called for a focus on domestic priorities amid the soaring cost of living, as well as lower taxes, better border security and an end to foreign military interventions, such as in Ukraine.
France's election was held over two rounds, on June 30 and July 7, to elect all 577 members of the National Assembly. Macron has not held a majority in parliament since 2022 and has used executive powers to pass legislation like his pension reforms, which have seen huge protests.
Thousands join demonstration on Place de la Republique in Paris following second round of French parliamentary elections
Thousands of French voters descended on the Place de la Republique in Paris after pollsters projected a win for the NFP bloc in the second round of the French parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Footage captures demonstrators chanting anti-fascist slogans including 'Paris districts are anti-fascist' and 'Everyone hates fascism', while holding a large banner reading 'France is a fabric of migration', waving French flags and lighting flares.
The demonstrators climbed the famous Monument to the Republic, where the statue of Marianne, who personifies the French Republic, is surrounded by statues representing the nation's founding values of liberty, equality and fraternity, with a lion guarding ballot box at its base.
Pollsters Ipsos, Ifop and Elabe following the vote suggest that a seismic shift has taken place after opinion polls during the campaign put the anti-immigration National Rally (NR) bloc out in front, with the left-green New Popular Front (NFP) projected to secure between 171 and 199 seats, with Macron's Ensemble coalition in second and NR bloc in third place. The French National Assembly holds 577 seats, with 289 required for an absolute majority.
The NFP brings together green and liberal parties including La France Insoumise, the Socialist Party, The Ecologists (coalition), the French Communist Party, Generations, and Place Publique. Following anti-immigration party NR's lead in the first round of the vote, the parties came together to create a 'republican front' to 'block the advance' of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella's party.
French President Emmanuel Macron called the snap legislative vote following huge losses for his Renaissance party in the EU Parliament elections, which saw a huge surge for Jordan Bardella's NR. The election had not been expected until 2027.
Across the EU bloc, conservative, nationalist and anti-immigration groups also made large gains. Many called for a focus on domestic priorities amid the soaring cost of living, as well as lower taxes, better border security and an end to foreign military interventions, such as in Ukraine.
France's election was held over two rounds, on June 30 and July 7, to elect all 577 members of the National Assembly. Macron has not held a majority in parliament since 2022 and has used executive powers to pass legislation like his pension reforms, which have seen huge protests.
Thousands of French voters descended on the Place de la Republique in Paris after pollsters projected a win for the NFP bloc in the second round of the French parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Footage captures demonstrators chanting anti-fascist slogans including 'Paris districts are anti-fascist' and 'Everyone hates fascism', while holding a large banner reading 'France is a fabric of migration', waving French flags and lighting flares.
The demonstrators climbed the famous Monument to the Republic, where the statue of Marianne, who personifies the French Republic, is surrounded by statues representing the nation's founding values of liberty, equality and fraternity, with a lion guarding ballot box at its base.
Pollsters Ipsos, Ifop and Elabe following the vote suggest that a seismic shift has taken place after opinion polls during the campaign put the anti-immigration National Rally (NR) bloc out in front, with the left-green New Popular Front (NFP) projected to secure between 171 and 199 seats, with Macron's Ensemble coalition in second and NR bloc in third place. The French National Assembly holds 577 seats, with 289 required for an absolute majority.
The NFP brings together green and liberal parties including La France Insoumise, the Socialist Party, The Ecologists (coalition), the French Communist Party, Generations, and Place Publique. Following anti-immigration party NR's lead in the first round of the vote, the parties came together to create a 'republican front' to 'block the advance' of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella's party.
French President Emmanuel Macron called the snap legislative vote following huge losses for his Renaissance party in the EU Parliament elections, which saw a huge surge for Jordan Bardella's NR. The election had not been expected until 2027.
Across the EU bloc, conservative, nationalist and anti-immigration groups also made large gains. Many called for a focus on domestic priorities amid the soaring cost of living, as well as lower taxes, better border security and an end to foreign military interventions, such as in Ukraine.
France's election was held over two rounds, on June 30 and July 7, to elect all 577 members of the National Assembly. Macron has not held a majority in parliament since 2022 and has used executive powers to pass legislation like his pension reforms, which have seen huge protests.