“Resistance”, “impeachment”… hundreds of left-wing protesters march in opposition to Emmanuel Macron | EUROtoday

Thousands of left-wing protesters are marching in France on Saturday in opposition to “the coup de force” of the President of the Republic. With some 150 mobilizations deliberate all through the nation, the left, La France Insoumise (LFI) within the lead, has chosen the road as a warm-up for a political autumn that guarantees to be scorching.

“Denial of democracy”, “The French didn't vote for this”, “that[e Macron] resign » : in the processions, the same words, often, to express the indignation and anger at the nomination of Michel Barnier (Les Républicains, LR) as prime minister.

Cindy Rondineau, a 40-year-old photographer, and her partner Aubin Gouraud, a 42-year-old farmer, have left-wing hearts but tell Agence France-Presse that they are not used to demonstrating. On Saturday morning, however, they traveled from Chaumes-en-Retz to Nantes – around thirty kilometers – to participate in the mobilization. “We actually really feel like we're not being listened to as voters”the couple said. Their 8-year-old daughter was carrying a sign “Macron, you’re screwed, the CE2s are in the street” in the middle of a family and good-natured procession which paraded behind a banner “Only one resolution: impeachment”The demonstration brought together between 2,500 people, according to the prefecture, and 8,000 people, according to the organizers.

The crowd was smaller at NiceIn a department where the National Rally (RN), LR and the Eric Ciotti-RN union lists share all nine constituencies, between 900 and 1,000 people, depending on the source, marched behind the banner. “Let's defend our democracy”.

“I believe that in any case, expressing one's vote shall be ineffective so long as Macron is in energy.”castigates Manon Bonijol, 21, who came to demonstrate in Paris. Place de la Bastille, Abel Couaillier, 20 years old, student, confesses to being “surprised” by the appointment of Michel Barnier: “An previous political elephant that has nothing to do with the aspirations proven by the French.” “I need to consider that we are able to change issues and I’ll proceed to vote, it's the one approach we’ve got to make issues change”he continues. Alexandra Germain, 44, project manager, is more bitter: “It's a dictatorship that’s being established. It's been some time since we have been listened to within the streets, now we’re not listened to on the poll field.”