March against anti-Semitism in Paris: French government caught in its own trap
The planned presence of the far-right in Paris this Sunday at a demonstration against anti-Semitism which has been organised by the presidents of the French Parliament's two chambers has left the Right embarrassed and the Left divided. As Ellen Salvi explains, this situation is the direct result of several years of deliberate efforts to create political confusion, fed by Emmanuel Macron and his supporters.
YaëlYaël Braun-Pivet and Gérard Larcher were keen to speak with one voice when they launched an initiative that they describe as “extremely powerful”. This is the march in Paris this Sunday “for the Republic and against anti-Semitism”, a “civic march” based on “values that bring the French people together”. The president of the National Assembly, who is from the ruling Renaissance party, and her Senate counterpart, who is from the rightwing Les Républicains, declared on TFI television news on Wednesday evening: “France needs an awakening of Republican values.”
