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| Subject: French students in anti-National Front rallies Thu May 29, 2014 9:37 pm | |
| Thousands of students have demonstrated in France against the far-right National Front (FN) party, following its success in the European elections.
About 4,000 students rallied in Paris, while smaller marches took place in Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes and outside the European parliament in Strasbourg.
The National Front came first in last week's elections, winning 25% of the French vote and 24 MEP seats.
The party is opposed to mass immigration, free trade and the euro.
In Paris, students shouted anti-right wing slogans and waved banners reading "No to the National Front".
One protester, Kevin Motillon, told AP news agency that "Behind [FN's] anti-EU rhetoric there is also a xenophobic speech, a speech of hate and of rejecting others, and that seems completely unlikely in today's world."
However, correspondents say the turnout is small compared with previous protests against the FN.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27629603#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa |
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