some 200 feminist associations call to demonstrate against the RN on June 23 and to block the far right

“The far right in power, we know, would sign the end of a certain conception of democracy, the rule of law, and many freedoms, already severely curtailed in recent years,” write the collective #NousToutes, Family Planning and the Women’s Foundation.

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Demonstrators against the far right, in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), June 15, 2024. (PAT BATARD / HANS LUCAS / AFP)

Some 200 feminist associations are calling, Thursday, June 20, to mobilize against the National Rally. They announce that they will demonstrate on Sunday June 23 against the party and urge to block the far right during the early legislative elections, June 30 and July 7. “The possibility that the far right will come to power is now very real” after “the irresponsible dissolution of the National Assembly”write in particular the collective #NousToutes, Family Planning and the Women’s Foundation in a press release.

“The far right in power, we know, would signify the end of a certain conception of democracy, the rule of law, and many freedoms, already severely curtailed in recent years”they add. “We know that our rights are never acquired forever”they insist, mentioning the right to vote, the “right to freely experience one’s sexuality”THE “right to contraception and abortion”THE “right to work” or even the “right to gender transition”.


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