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September 9, 2024

Protesters Slam France's Macron for Ignoring People's Will, Vote Results by Naming Right-Wing PM
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In France, tens of thousands of people took to the streets Saturday to
protest President Emmanuel Macron's appointment of conservative Michel
Barnier as the new prime minister. Leftist parties, which won the most
votes in July's snap parliamentary elections, accused Macron of stealing
the election. This is Benjamin Lucas, a deputy from the leftist New
Popular Front coalition.

Benjamin Lucas: "By appointing Michel Barnier, the president of the
French Republic has decided to spit in the face of the millions of
French people who turned out on July 7 to vote in an historic election.
The question before us was whether or not we wanted the extreme right to
win in this country. The French said no. There was a massive turnout,
the highest since 1981. The message was clear: We don't want the extreme
right in power."



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