Supporters celebrate after surprise win for leftwing alliance in France

Leftist party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has called on French President Emmanuel Macron to step down or choose a new prime minister from the winning leftwing alliance.
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Thousands took to the streets of Paris to celebrate the surprise success over a growing surge from the far right. ‘We are immensely relieved’, Mélenchon told a cheering crowd. Prime minister Gabriel Attal, a member of Macron’s centrist party, said he will turn in his resignation.
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France election: surprise win for leftwing alliance keeps Le Pen’s far right from power ► www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/07/exit-poll-shows-surprise-win-for-left-wing-alliance-in-french-election

[@nithinsrinivasan2691]

more palestinian flags thn french ones wow

[@mihirbhut3859]

Power of fools😂

[@arthurmorgan332]

Cry about it, Paj et😂😂😂

[@izumi2071]

@@arthurmorgan332uhh what mu jeet

[@Malik-im8zg]

Yeah, they will regret this soooooooo much in 10 years.

[@peaceintheworld761]

This is what is going to be if Trump does not win

[@GlitterandCrystals]

This is mainly all about Palestine isn’t it

[@muhammadsaad847]

Mainly about standing up to genocide and intolerance

[@donnyprawira9239]

Mainly standing up anti colonialism, anti apartheid..stand up for equality..

[@vasvas8914]

@donnyprawira9239 and about vandalizing their own cultural heritage apparantely

[@conservativeprodigy2604]

That country has NEVER existed

[@danielgoring1328]

It's about any country other than france

[@calanmacleod3948]

Not many French flags.

[@abigailkannai484]

They've been invaded

[@muhammadsaad847]

@@abigailkannai484no, they are standing up to genocide

[@Mayan_88694]

@@abigailkannai484not really

[@Mayan_88694]

@@jefbenley4409 everyone there is French

[@Mayan_88694]

@@jefbenley4409they are French by nationality, keep coping

[@11_S_a_m_e_e_r_11]

France flag, it disappeared 😂😂

[@petert330]

It may disappear completely in a few years.

[@Burrburrcloud]

​@@petert330 Palestine FOREVER 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@stratasphorte]

​@@Burrburrcloud🤣🤣 nice one

[@yannickramouillet3742]

Wrong, i was there and there was numerous tricolor flags, as they are during most LFI meetings, constituting by the way a change from traditional left wing rallies where it was more rare. We are not as dumb as to need to wave our flag, of which we are immensely proud of, to remember we are Frenchmen

[@sebastien-wx9gb]

@@petert330 may? it will, it if not an if but a when... sadly

[@Curry.N]

How is this a victory celebration? they trash their own town?

[@vasvas8914]

Thats their only reaction to anything happening

[@decim161]

cope harder

[@shoxx48]

Cry harder 😭

[@omop5922]

​@@decim161 Have u been to Paris? U will definitely cope after getting pickpocketed.

[@2760db]

That was the far right trashing their own town, if you cared to pay attention

[@marie-anne2062]

They not only celebrated. They also attacked. They burn paris when they lose. They burn paris when they win.

[@eledoneridley4353]

Pleure

[@marie-anne2062]

@@eledoneridley4353 casos

[@tabkheyal7703]

And Paris votes massively for left. Keep crying fachist

[@marie-anne2062]

@@eledoneridley4353 ca sos

[@MahendraS-mm6hj]

Peaceful protest😂😂

[@atul9140]

What is the use of Palestinian flag in French election victory? 😂

[@RecoveryAccount-c1b]

Beta, india mein wapas aaja 😂😂, waha France mein apna kuch nahi rakha, yaha india mein naukri dhoond, aur apne baap ke mobile se comment Karna band Kar!

[@atul9140]

@@RecoveryAccount-c1b beta mai naukari hi krta hu... Tu apna dekh... Aur lgta hai tu apne mummy ki phone se comment kr rha hai isliye tujhe bahut pta hai 😂

[@RecoveryAccount-c1b]

@userx3606 well, nothing brother!

[@RecoveryAccount-c1b]

@userx3606 at least not with you...

[@anarchosilviu]

It is because the true left everywhere supports the just Palestinian cause! Free Palestine!

[@Runstaef]

France voted to become a part of Palestine, apparently 😂

[@sebastien-wx9gb]

lol

[@assiyaLane8016]

At least it still have humans with hearths ... not like the supporters of Genocide whose have no shame to say it !

[@amangupta2905]

​@@assiyaLane8016 that's the real thing where people of the country make wrong decisions

[@uhura647]

​@@assiyaLane8016 When Saudi bombed Yemen for months ,no one talked about genocide.

[@-winter-3528]

​@@assiyaLane8016why dont you say the same thing to Russia action in Ukraine?

[@nativecenturion5411]

why does france bother in having a military force, why bother when you give up the homeland so easily

[@totallynotd4ve]

I know

[@Mayan_88694]

Rome was multicultural, you re not even Roman

[@andymac7584]

​@@Mayan_88694 😂 no it wasn't liar.

[@DingleDangle66]

@@Mayan_88694Wow, you really need to learn history.

[@Peter-xx6tz]

@@Mayan_88694 Rome did literally everything in its power to suppress and stamp out foreign culture. They culturally assimilated entire nations through often genocidal means. If multiculturalism simply means " a society that has many cultures", you'd be right, but to pretend as if they Romans even tolerated, never mind accepted, the people they conquered is an absurd opinion

[@Budanevey]

You'll note the new Tricolore flag of France in the thumbnail photo...

[@ThedeadaccountAL]

Yes and yall can do is cope harder.

[@baldwintheanchorite]

Focusing on a major voting issue during an election isn't unusual - and the impact of the crisis in the middle east is revealed in many ways by the results in this election - but it does display some of the prejudices of those who take offence to that coverage I guess. So cry more is my advice, and stay butthurt in the comments. xoxo

[@vasvas8914]

@@baldwintheanchorite any nation with self-worth would probably consider 10% of their own flags on their own elections a total shame.

[@williamholley6544]

france invaded, conquered, and controlled much of the levant, just a little history lesson- you can probably connect the dots, as you sound like a highly intelligent and observant person

[@Budanevey]

@@williamholley6544 "france invaded, conquered, and controlled much of the levant" Ah, the _tu quoque_ technique...

[@Koronuru]

Napoleon must be screaming right now on his grave.

[@Gh44HZ]

is that bad?

[@TheRock1.0]

France, always the first country to fall.

[@1vaultdweller]

You mean always the first country to destroy right wing bigotry and move on?

[@assiyaLane8016]

Racist hateful person understand things that way !! Shame

[@TheRock1.0]

@@assiyaLane8016 No.

[@anudeepmayura11]

The mouth breather is here ​@@assiyaLane8016

[@ryguy5436]

@@assiyaLane8016 Calling people you don’t like racist doesn’t work anymore just sayin’.

[@abigailkannai484]

France has always been goof at being conquered rapidly

[@Cuttersway]

You made a goof while trying to sound clever.

[@gioia6305]

Severo ma giusto😢

[@creamygoodness3018]

@@Cuttersway … I don't think they were trying to sound clever. What they stated was true, despite the typo

[@jojorockzzz1211]

Forgot Napoleanic wars?

[@creamygoodness3018]

@@jojorockzzz1211 … wow, any other items you'd like to add to that? Or does one aggressive French guy establish a pattern?

[@crispyduck1706]

UK Headed the same way

[@pearse9116]

Fingers crossed!

[@werewolfx51]

And Germany...

[@Bcd-s5t]

I DEFINITELY hope so ❤

[@Wotan-Born]

Just wait, it’ll get worse, today was just a warm up for things to come, goodbye France

[@doomdozer26]

And hello the state of Palestine....

[@bloodwargaming3662]

Cry harder

[@Dystopiaworld]

Cannot wait to see what’s happening in 1 month ….. and don’t blame the “far right” 😂😂😂😂

[@Cuttersway]

Oooh, lots of laughy faces on this one.

[@user-jz7mp5hz5c]

Nothing same old even after 50 more years.

[@navin7962]

Feeling pity about these French people giving their land for immigrants (isl*m) 🤦

[@cathonatio8100]

No the election was rigged, 7 million voted for the left 10 million for the patriots but the left is ahead of the patriots 🤷🤦

[@abumuslimal-asiani2066]

cope

[@Radin-ds7xs]

Radicals crying in the comments 😂😂😂😂

[@KiddieFiddler-cw9wm]

@Radin-ds7xs radicals burn cars, fight with police and attack people and businesses who go against their ideology wereas leftists.... Eh nevermind🙄🤡

[@ldine783]

1:52 France is almost unrecognisable.

[@alexpkeaton4471]

McDonald's and KFC everywhere.

[@Barbariansdagger]

Wherever diversity goes civilised cities turn to dumps...must be a strange coincidence.

[@mbbsboi7248]

ACAB and other explicit writings on that monument. America has accomplished in exporting its culture wars overseas.

[@ldine783]

@@alexpkeaton4471 The monument is defaced with graffitis and Palestinian flags outnumbers the Tricolore.

[@bossboss787]

There is no such thing as France

[@linthoi6456]

lol !! Palestine found their chosen homeland !! Look at those flags!! 😂😂

[@amangupta2905]

Why don't Palestinians come to France and give the country to Israel.

[@firmansyahputra2637]

​@@amangupta2905why don't israel go to europe, world war 2 is over

[@amangupta2905]

@@firmansyahputra2637 Europe is already taken over by Palestinians

[@amangupta2905]

@@firmansyahputra2637 somebody already took over in Europe 💀💀

[@littlemandarren]

Their ancestors must be so proud their country is no more congrats France you ruined yourselves for nothing

[@vasvas8914]

Lets all congrat the people writing ACAB all over timeless cultural objects. France is truly in their hands now.

[@VNn2023]

Racist.

[@hafizihilmibinabdulhalim1004]

​@@VNn2023cry harder

[@hafizihilmibinabdulhalim1004]

Yup, Robespierre would be proud considering all these mess came from his idea

[@shoxx48]

Cry 😭

[@Sambell3936]

Another fallen country…

[@hitmans3768]

Frenchistan

[@EMINEM4973]

EUROSTAN

[@MrCookie710]

I down voted your comment.

[@hitmans3768]

@@MrCookie710 doesn't change the reality already the time ran out .

[@vasvas8914]

@MrCookie710 you're downvoted reality. French people are the political minority in their own country

[@abumuslimal-asiani2066]

cope

[@rosemarryme7420]

calling riots a celebration is a new low of the guardian

[@melchizedek2512]

Bye Bye, France... you are doomed - love from India

[@donnyprawira9239]

Jealous?

[@user-ht4yh6xn7r]

Bye, Sunak lover 😂😂😂😂.. now Macron, it's turn. Modi's turn will come. Just wait and see.

[@Burrburrcloud]

Palestine is FOREVER

[@Silverdust-ch6uu]

Cope harder, save your country first 😂

[@devinefood8763]

Stop crying 😂

[@paulwild2258]

Is this election in France or palestine? Where are the French flags?

[@devinefood8763]

Don't be so jealous 😂

[@devinefood8763]

You will see the Palestine flag everywhere 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@paulwild2258]

@@devinefood8763 is that flag a copy of the Jordanian Flag?

[@ryguy5436]

@@devinefood8763 Yeah cause modern day communists care more about brown people than their own countrymen.

[@E_Rex_Sean]

Congrats Illegal Immigrants, LGBT and Communists. I’m sure without the ‘far-right’, you’d be such great friends! 😂

[@danielgoring1328]

Rainbow burkas will be the new trend

[@Crusade1958]

And together go to disaster....

[@bloodwargaming3662]

The cope is high

[@E_Rex_Sean]

@@bloodwargaming3662 You know what’s funny. Every year Europe becomes more and more far-right. 📈 Your little tantrums in downtown Paris won’t save you then. Cope with that.

[@dylaxiusmccoy]

LOL imagine celebrating your country turning into a caliphate. RIP France.

[@smithynoir9980]

I can't imagine being as exaggerating as you. Stop catastrophizing.

[@GeopoliticsbyJatin]

No flag of FRANCE is this really FRANCE

[@Cuttersway]

English please..? Why is everyone in this Guardian comment section an illiterate right winger... ugh 🤦‍♂️

[@Pianista15363]

​@@Cuttersway They are talking in English.

[@amangupta2905]

​@@Cuttersway right wingers have common sense. Abortion must be banned

[@bossboss787]

There is no such thing as France. There is just a land on Western Europe which is populated by a mix of people of African middle eastern and Asian and other extraeuropean descent.

[@razorsharpview9090]

Frankistan

[@aakash.pradhan]

I don’t understand why left parties and their supporters behave like hooligans.

[@mh-hq6km]

When will Shariah be imposed on France🗼🗼🗼?

[@amangupta2905]

Next month

[@jayavani7801]

Why do some anti far right protesters riot when they won the elections 😅

[@deepalall647]

The world is watching the fall of France! RIP

[@donnyprawira9239]

France has changed.. standing up anti colonialism, anti apartheid... standing up for equality..the world is witnessing..

[@NicolasHaufe]

​@@donnyprawira9239you mean Like in Nigeria and lebanon unfortunately no

[@deepalall647]

@@donnyprawira9239 Sure, kid.

[@amangupta2905]

​@@donnyprawira9239whole Asia is laughing 😂😂😂

[@shankarbalakrishnan2360]

In one election France is seeing all the faces of politics❤❤🎉🎉

[@CaliforniaDreamin.]

Looks like France’s flag changed… 🤔

[@chamanrana7654]

🇯🇴>>>>>🇫🇷 🧐🧐🧐🧐

[@davidkhatnani4625]

Long live France..🇨🇵 viva la France 🇨🇵

[@Nemesis6996]

It’s always pajett who get triggered…..

[@SENSEI_FREEPALESTINE.28]

Kudos to the humanity stands for Palestine 🇵🇸💚

[@Arbitrator70]

Benjamin Satanyahu won't be happy😂

[@ManojPatel-ix3ye]

France change to Palestine ya iraq

[@Bengal2923]

we should say far radical left

[@UrsoNoobzin]

France: ❌ Middle East: ✔️

[@daveeastern7023]

Save France, who cares about Palestine. Gotta save yourselves firsr because you can think of fixing the worlds problems.

[@roryaphunter]

"who cares about palestine", a lot of people, you might be surprised to find.

[@sqs2561zz]

Heartless.

[@user-ig2fz2gy6d]

It's beyond your imagination...

[@roryaphunter]

@@user-ig2fz2gy6d beyond whose? sorry i'm unclear who you're referring to

[@daveeastern7023]

Rich Arab countries are smart. They don't even bother.

[@frodoskywalker4696]

RIP France 😰😰😰

[@audreyDsouza]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@dog923]

Significantly way worse than german occupation. The natives french isnt getting prioritzed The immigrants is and palestine I hope the best for france 🤞

[@Vaushgg]

Congratulations to the French leftists!! Well done!! 👏👏👍👍😊😊

[@yeoweehuathuat8926]

Goodbye France

[@jasonasir2345]

Barely see France flags

[@ULFA9238]

Finally Palestinians was free😅😅😅

[@FriedChocobo]

Disgusting

[@shoxx48]

Yes. Yes you are.

[@guyguy9913]

​@@shoxx48You support rioting the?

[@pedrobrazil1222]

😭😭😭😭😂

[@sebastien-wx9gb]

R.I.P France. This is now Africa/Palestine 2.0. Congrats french people, you just doomed yourselves

[@No_handle2024]

Its not France, its Francistan

[@robinrobin3022]

Rip 🪦 France 🇫🇷

[@desithanos8346]

Looks like a zombie apocalypse 😂😂😂

[@Shiroya_Rumika]

Jeanne and Napoleon are rolling in their graves

[@abdulqadeerkkp3173]

This second phase victory is going to throw France into disturbance. More and more demonstration will be carried out in the country . People's of France is seems that they will not accept this second phase result . How it can be possible, when in the first phase voters has overwhelming majority elected their choice. But now scenario has totally changed and deliberately eliminated the victory . Leaders of France has to face the dire consequences of their gambling .

[@omop5922]

Is the Palestinisn flag the new lgbtq flag? Whats its relevance in an election?

[@Gh44HZ]

the nfp position on Israel-palestine was probably a factor in those people's votes for the nfp

[@anarchosilviu]

The NFP supports the just Palestinian cause! Free Palestine!

[@danikopter_lp]

rigged

[@user-br2rr9tt2c]

Bienvenue en République Islamique de France.

[@donnyprawira9239]

Welcome to anti colonialism, anti apartheid..stand up for equality

[@ryanfoo5286]

@alengarrixer Then the native french will get deported...

[@user-zy8bi6xu7m]

❤❤❤well done france...from india

[@gasja777]

Ha ha ha,bravo bravo! "France for migrants", and probably not for native french people . Enjoy your choice France😞😢

[@lokeshk4642]

Did France change its flag to Palestine flag? 😮

[@84kaskad]

Franestein Rising

[@TheSugarholicProject]

For those complaining about the Palestinian flags "replacing" french ones, you are buying into the notion of Counterfeit Politics. To you, it seems that symbolic gestures (such as flying the French Flag) matter more than material action (upholding the actual liberal values the French Flag and the republic represents). Flying Palestinian flags ironically upholds the values of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity more than you sitting in front of a computer acting all patriotic would ever be.

[@Strollmanx]

🇺🇲🇮🇹🇺🇲🇮🇹🇺🇲🇮🇹🇺🇲🇮🇹

[@Oliver-ld3ei]

I sure do love peaceful transitions of power!

[@A_Saban]

The fall

[@dileevlogs1389]

some anti far right protestors really they were protesting peacefully gaurdian being gaurdian

[@wilfredsterling2124]

Brilliant to hear that France will now recognise the state of Palestine.

[@Michael-og8dt]

That's because most of Palestine live there now😊

[@ojray292]

"Anti far right protesters" just say far left?

[@shortsking6471]

That's great

[@KatLady4Kamala]

Congrats Paris 🎉

[@NietzscheDevot]

Trust the French to raise the white flag very quickly. In this case it's the Palestinian flag 😂

[@retroreview6178]

It’s always France with these revolutions Am I right?

[@amangupta2905]

Asia is becoming more powerful and Europe is becoming weak😂😂😂

[@Neilbond112]

They will regret that.

[@shiva5214]

RIP France. You will be missed

[@user-jz7mp5hz5c]

So many toiletless Rajit Kumars in the comment section 😂

[@benito_plays]

Rigged vote

[@Cuttersway]

Is that you… trump?

[@doomdozer26]

​@@Cuttersway no, it's me, Biden....how are ya pal....

[@nigelvaughan429]

Definitely rigged you don't win first round then come third in second round

[@Anti_Immigration]

It makes me cry. European countries are selling their culture, history, and everything our ancestors stood for. I think it is too late to stop migration. Europe chose death.

[@__Man__]

Ironically, most of those Anti-Immigrants in Europe are people who originated from outside of Europe such as India or other nonsense far-right sympathizers. Lol.

[@horrorhunter0355]

Hopefully worker's rights will be expanded and the war against Russia and Gaza will stop!

[@shanawazkhan3044]

Congratulations France free palistin jai hind 🇵🇸🇮🇳

[@mbbsboi7248]

Don't smear the Tricolour with that flag

[@Slovak577]

Show me the French flags 🤡🤡🤡

[@beniluv3250]

Michel Houellebecq wrote a book about it.

[@marcelnowakowski945]

What are they celebrating?

[@gayathriviswanathan5314]

France became Palestine 😂😂😂😂

[@marcelnowakowski945]

@@gayathriviswanathan5314 Falestine?

[@StinkingBishop]

"Surprise". Please.

[@travispena4682]

Lol😅😅 key word surprises win bull

[@aliceinwonderland7594]

this is who the real French people are, spirit of Republic finally showing up and the end of elitist global colonialism

[@DavidMotherland]

I'm sure heads will roll, probably French school teachers lecturing about free expression.

[@sonfire1]

And you France voted for this 😂😂😂, RIP France

[@TheLeoPoint]

Rip

[@amitavaroy4548]

Cherish your flags and culture.

[@rideawhiteswantrex]

Not one French flag. Lots of Palestinian flags though. The 2 state solution. Israel stays where it is and Palestinian can go live in France, UK and USA

[@firmansyahputra2637]

No, israel should go and Palestina stay because Palestinian live in land for century

[@rideawhiteswantrex]

@firmansyahputra2637 okay, I guess we can ignore the old testament and the Quaran

[@travispena4682]

French your French who gave there life's against Germany for this other flags before your own

[@mahalmbrouk6773]

France people showed the world how we must support palatine people aginst the last Apartheid system When you have power you must use it in saving people and that what France showed us

[@gstarr9121]

Rip france

[@Itachiuchiha-ty3li]

Outsiders will throw out local residents out of the france

[@factsociety4305]

Hey Guardian where is riots news happening in france?

[@jkim92677]

Celebrate, riot - same shmame