Presidential 2022: demonstrations against the far right planned in 30 cities in France including Perpign – The Independent

The police are expecting 15,000 demonstrators across the country while several rallies against the far right are planned for this Saturday, April 16. As in 2017, several unions and associations (SOS Racisme, CGT, Unef…) called for demonstrations this Saturday against the far right and the “danger to democracy” that the latter would represent, while Marine Le Pen faces the outgoing President Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the 2022 presidential election. “Denounce his misleading program” Rallies against the candidate of the National Rally will thus take place in around thirty French cities, including in Perpignan, this Saturday. “It is a question of denouncing its misleading program which would hit hard the weakest, the most deprived, women, LGBTI + or foreign people”, explained an official of the CGT 66 to L’Indépendant. The far right is a danger for democracy but also for our rights and our conditions of study!\ud83d\udca5 We must fight it in the streets and at the ballot box \ud83d\udca5Rdv this Saturday at 2 p.m. at Nation for a great anti-fascist mobilization! \ud83d\udc4a pic.twitter.com/jD3rGszZoD— UNEF (@UNEF) April 14, 2022 About 15,000 demonstrators are expected by law enforcement across the country. Most gatherings will leave in the early afternoon. Meanwhile, Emmanuel Macron will be at a meeting in Marseille, while Marine Le Pen is spending a rather calm Easter weekend, after a trip to the South-East this Friday.