Far right and far left ‘two extreme blocks’ unfit to run the country, Macron says
A protester holds a placard during a demonstration against the far-right and racism in central Paris on Saturday. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloombergon Saturday to oppose Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally, which is predicted to finish first in the snap legislative election called by President Emmanuel Macron for two weeks’ time.
As many as 350,000 people were expected to take part in the marches nationwide, according to the French police. “Jean-Luc Melenchon has settled a score with me,” France Unbowed legislator Alexis Corbiere, who was excluded from the candidate list, told the radio network Franceinfo on Saturday. “It’s totally petty, petty, a settling of scores, when what’s at stake is preventing the far right from taking power.”
Former president François Hollande will run in the election in his historic constituency of Correze, according to a person familiar with his intentions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “They are not ready to govern,” Macron told reporters at the Group of Seven summit in southern Italy. “There are two extreme blocks today who are not responsible, and who are promising gifts to people that are not financed.”
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