Thousands of people on Sunday rallied in Paris and other cities across France to denounce the far-right National Rally party’s “false feminism” and the “real danger” it poses to women’s rights. The demonstrations came exactly a week before France’s snap parliamentary elections, with polls showing the National Rally and its allies leading the first round of the vote.
The demonstrations, organised by French women’s associations, NGOs and trade unions, came amid fears of a rollback of women’s rights – particularly reproductive rights – if the National Rally triumphs in the 2024 legislative elections.
