French election reflects impact of crisis hitting working people
Vol. 88/No. 27 - July 22, 2024![Over 100,000 marched in some 250 rallies across France May 1, 2022, including in Toulouse, above, demanding President Macron drop his move to raise workers’ retirement age. Protesters called themselves “gilets jaunes.” Banner reads, “Yellow vests of all countries, unite!”](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Toulouse-protest-2022-8827-300x234.jpg)
The final results of the French elections were an “unexpected blow” to the “far right,” the Washington Post claimed July 7, declaring the result “one of the greatest political upsets in recent French history.” Like much of the capitalist media,…