This article is from the source 'rtcom' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.rt.com/news/384939-masked-protesters-throw-flares-le-pen/
The article has changed 3 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 1 | Version 2 |
|---|---|
| Masked protesters throw flares, smoke bombs at demo ahead of Le Pen rally in Paris (VIDEO) | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of Paris to protest against right-wing presidential candidate Marine Le Pen. | Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of Paris to protest against right-wing presidential candidate Marine Le Pen. |
| Demonstrators are holding up banners and chanting slogans, while riot police have been deployed to the scene. | Demonstrators are holding up banners and chanting slogans, while riot police have been deployed to the scene. |
| Protesters are shouting: “This is Paris! Paris is antifascist!” | Protesters are shouting: “This is Paris! Paris is antifascist!” |
| According to an AFP journalist on the scene, the protest consists of around 400 people, including members of trade unions and antifascist organizations. | According to an AFP journalist on the scene, the protest consists of around 400 people, including members of trade unions and antifascist organizations. |
| The march, taking place in the northeastern suburb of Aubervilliers, is being held six days before the first round of the French presidential elections. | The march, taking place in the northeastern suburb of Aubervilliers, is being held six days before the first round of the French presidential elections. |
| The organizers of the march, Anti-fascist Action Paris-Banlieue, accuse Le Pen’s party, the National Front, of the “normalization and amplification of the state of emergency, racism and Islamophobia.” | The organizers of the march, Anti-fascist Action Paris-Banlieue, accuse Le Pen’s party, the National Front, of the “normalization and amplification of the state of emergency, racism and Islamophobia.” |
| Protesters are shouting the slogans “This is Paris! Paris is antifascist!” and “solidarity with refugees.” | |
| The procession will go past the mayor’s office in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, passing not far from the Zenith, where Le Pen plans to hold a meeting on Monday. According to Le Figaro, some groups have said they are planning some “actions” before the meeting. | |
| On Wednesday, the headquarters of Le Pen’s National Front party in Paris was hit by a Molotov cocktail. A group calling themselves “Combat xenophobia” claimed responsibility to the French news agency AFP. | On Wednesday, the headquarters of Le Pen’s National Front party in Paris was hit by a Molotov cocktail. A group calling themselves “Combat xenophobia” claimed responsibility to the French news agency AFP. |
| Marine Le Pen is one of five candidates in France’s 2017 presidential election. The others are the Republicans’ Francois Fillon, the Socialist Party’s Benoit Hamon, left-wing candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, and Emmanuel Macron, a liberal candidate. |