How France’s Left-Wing Alliance Stopped the Far-Right from Seizing Power w/ MP Danièle Obono
- Rania Khalek
- Saturday 13 Jul 24
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The left-wing coalition in France won a surprise victory in France’s snap elections called by President Macron. The New Popular Front defeated not only Macron’s Ensemble, they beat the far-right coalition of Marine Le Pen – which had made shocking gains in the first round of voting – to become the largest bloc in Parliament.
MP Danièle Obono from the movement La France Insoumise and the New Popular Front Coalition discusses how the Left united to beat the far-right and secured the historic election victory.
“Macron is trying to pull a power grab. If this was happening anywhere else in the world, especially in an African country, you would have the entire media saying the president should ‘respect democracy’” –@Deputee_Obono with @FranceInsoumise
Rania Khalek
Rania Khalek is a Middle East-based journalist for Breakthrough News. . Her journalism has appeared at The Grayzone, Jacobin, The Nation, The Intercept, FAIR, Vice, The Electronic Intifada, Al Jazeera and more. .
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