Thousands Celebrate in Paris: “We Are All Anti-Fascists”
The surprise victory of the New Popular Front, the alliance of all left-wing parties, in the second round of the legislative elections in France was celebrated by thousands of people across the country.
In particular, a video has gone viral showing thousands of supporters gathered at Place de la République in Paris, chanting in Italian: “Siamo tutti antifascisti”.
France Elections: The Results
The New Popular Front (NFP), the left-wing alliance formed to counter the advance of the Rassemblement National in the second round of the French legislative elections, has won the most seats in the next National Assembly, composed of 577 deputies. According to final figures from the Ministry of the Interior, the NFP will have 182 seats.
The centrist coalition supporting President Emmanuel Macron, Ensemble, won 168 seats. Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National, in alliance with a part of the Republicans led by Eric Ciotti, came in third with 143 elected deputies.
According to the newspaper The worldwithin the New Popular Front, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s La France Insoumise is the most represented party with 74 elected members, to which are added 3 “dissidents”. The Socialist Party will have 59 deputies, the Ecologists 28, the Communist Party 9 and Generations 5.
