28.04.2019 - 10:37 [ theGuardian.com ]

Leftwing activists join gilets jaunes for peaceful Paris protest

Many senior figures from the radical left marched with them, including Jean-Luc Melenchon, the leader of France Unbowed and one of Macron’s most vocal critics.

Welcoming this show of unity, Melenchon told BFM TV: “It’s the first time that there has been a call of this kind, that’s to say union organisations, associations and political movements.”