US EditionProtesters rally in France against Barnier’s appointment as prime minister
- Thousands of protesters rallied across France on Saturday against President Emmanuel Macron’s appointment of conservative new Prime Minister Michel Barnier, labeled a "power grab" by far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
- The protests challenged Macron’s decision to skip a prime minister from the far-left bloc after a divisive legislative election in July.
- Demonstrators in cities like Paris denounced Barnier’s appointment as a denial of democracy, reflecting Mélenchon’s rhetoric that the election was "stolen from the French.
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The new Prime Minister of France, Michel Barnier, has entered the scene hanging by a thread. He has the support of Emmanuel Macron but is fiercely threatened by the left-wing bloc - the winner of the legislative elections in July - and also by that of the extreme right, which has promised a motion of censure if Barnier's government plan does not convince him. Now, why does Macron put his own government in that position of juggler? The short answ…
According to the Ministry of the Interior, more than 100,000 people in France demonstrated against the appointment of the new right-wing Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Saturday. In Paris alone, there were therefore 26,000. But people also took to the streets in many other cities, such as Nantes, Nice, Marseille and Strasbourg, against the takeover of government by the 73-year-old conservative. The demonstrators' anger was also directed at Pres…
The number of demonstrators in Paris ranges from 26,000 to 160,000 depending on the sources. The impeachment request against Macron has already been filed with the National Assembly and has little chance of being approved
In France, thousands demonstrated against the appointment of conservative politician Michel Barnier as prime minister. Their anger was also openly directed against Macron.
Paris, France.- More than 100,000 left-wing demonstrators took to the streets across France on Saturday to protest against the appointment of conservative politician Michel Barnier as prime minister and to denounce a “coup de force” by President Emmanuel Macron. Police said 110,000 people took to the streets, 26,000 people in Paris, but organizers said 300,000 people took part in more than 150 demonstrations across France. Five people were arre…
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