Parisians rally to protest country's far right election threat ahead of second round of legislative elections that could bring Marine Le Pen's party within reach of winning an absolute majority.
Parisians rally to protest country's far right election threat ahead of second round of legislative elections that could bring Marine Le Pen's party within reach of winning an absolute majority.Representatives of the Muslim community have expressed concern about their freedom of worship being restricted and being treated as "second-class" citizens. / Photo: AFP
"There's a lot of imagination abroad about what France is, and I get the impression that we're really closing in on ourselves, and it really saddens me to see that, in fact." "There is one bloc that is able to have an absolute majority, and it's the extreme right," Prime Minister Gabriel Attal told"On Sunday evening, what's at stake in the second round is to do everything so that the extreme right do es not have an absolute majority," he said.
The far-right has long advocated for bans on Muslim headscarves in public spaces and the slaughter of animals for meat according to halal methods. It was attended by Chems-Eddine Hafiz, the Imam of the mosque, Kamel Kabtane, the Imam of the Great Mosque of Lyon, and Azzedine Taibi, the mayor of Stains, along with representatives of civil society organisations."In these decisive days for the future of France, we stand firmly against the project, ideology and roots of the National Rally party," he said.
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