Protests broke out in Paris on Sunday as Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party won a sweeping victory in the European parliament elections, gaining 32% of the vote. After the results began pouring in, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced he was dissolving the national assembly and called for legislative elections to be held 30 June. Demonstrators chanted anti-fascist slogans in Paris’ Place de la République.
Fouad Khayat, 27, a protester said: ‘People like me – on top of which I’m a Muslim – we’ll be the first victims of Emmanuel Macron’s risky bet if, tomorrow, we find ourselves with a far-right prime minister in our country.’
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