21/08/2024
The left wing weekly newspaper Socialist Worker publishes an opinion piece and report from French anti-fascist activist Denis Godard, this week, in which Godard reports on the aftermath of the European Parliamentary Elections in the country. Denis says "Thousands of young people and other anti-fascists raged in France on Monday night. This followed the surge in support for the fascist RN party and president Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a general election. Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (which means National Rally) has clearly arrived at the top of the votes for the European elections. With other fascist parties, the French extreme right obtained nearly 10 million votes. In the wake of the election results, president Emmanuel Macron announced parliamentary elections—in three weeks on 30 June. There are millions who have mobilised in recent years over pensions, the climate, for Palestine, against racist laws, against police killings and to oppose assaults on education. It is only possible to block the route to fascism through the fight against racism in unity and in solidarity with migrants. And we need anti-fascists rooted in the neighbourhoods and workplaces", Denis concluded.
