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Anti-fascist militants defy ban and demonstrate in Orléans for Rn congress

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Around one hundred anti-fascist demonstrators gathered in Orléans, outside the perimeter prohibited by the prefecture, on the occasion of the Rassemblement National congress where Marine Le Pen will hold an election speech.

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The Rassemblement National holds its congress in Orléans, where Marine Le Pen launches her electoral campaign. The prefecture has imposed bans on demonstrations in a large perimeter of the city.

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About a hundred militants who declared themselves "anti-fascists" gathered today in Orléans, where the Rassemblement National congress has been underway since yesterday and where Marine Le Pen will deliver her first electoral campaign speech this afternoon.

The prefecture of the central French city had banned any demonstration or gathering in a large perimeter of Orléans and in several surrounding municipalities. The demonstrators are gathered outside this perimeter, in front of the local CPR, under the gaze of the police, approximately 4 km from Co'Met, the 10,000-seat arena where Le Pen will give the speech.

The march chanted the slogans "R for racists, N for Nazis, down with the RN" and "It's not the immigrants, it's not the sans papier, it's the fascists we must chase away".

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