An extremely rare photo on the steps of the Palais Bourbon was taken as Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, the president of the National Assembly and that of the Senate, as well as many of their predecessors found themselves behind the banner “For the Republic, against anti-Semitism” before the departure of the Parisian market.
Shortly before the start of the anti-Semitism procession, the leading square formed on the steps of the National Assembly in the 7th arrondissement.
On the front line and holding the banner, around Élisabeth Borne, Yaël Braun-Pivet, and Gérard Larcher, two former presidents of the Republic François Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy, and the president of Crif Yonathan Arfi.
In the second line, the former Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault, Bernard Cazeneuve, Manuel Valls, Édouard Philippe, Jean Castex on one side, and on the other the former presidents of the National Assembly François de Rugy, Jean-Louis Debré, Bernard Accoyer and that of the Senate Jean-Pierre Bel as well as the current president of the Constitutional Council Laurent Fabius.
Combattre pied à pied l’antisémitisme et tous les fauteurs de haine et de racisme.
Toujours. #Marchecontrelantisemitisme pic.twitter.com/y24YWEf4SG
— Ian Brossat (@IanBrossat) November 12, 2023
Various ministers (Clément Beaune, Catherine Colonna...) in office as well as elected officials from all sides – with the exception of those from La France Insoumise – are also present. However, they did not march all together.
On the left, Fabien Roussel (PCF), Marine Tondelier (Ecologists), and Olivier Faure (PS) arrived together. To dissociate themselves from the National Rally, whose presence is denounced, the left-wing parties intended to set up a republican cordon.
A banner “Against anti-Semitism and all the perpetrators of hatred and racism” was displayed. Marine Le Pen, who arrived with Jordan Bardella, felt that her party and its representatives were “exactly where we need to be”.
Action du collectif Golem de Juifs de gauche menés par l’avocat Arié Alimi pour bloquer le cortège du RN
« Et nous on dégage les fachos »
« Le Pen casse toi les Juifs veulent pas de toi » pic.twitter.com/pXkN8OLWT6— Nicolas Massol (@nicolasmassol1) November 12, 2023
The RN procession, at the end of the parade, only left the Esplanade des Invalides well after the others.
Members of the “Golem” collective against the extreme right, who came to denounce its presence, were quickly pushed aside by the police. Éric Zemmour and Marion Maréchal were also present on their side.
À la #marchecontrelantisemistisme.
Et pour la République.Tous ceux qui attaquent les Francais en raison de leur religion attaquent la France. pic.twitter.com/DqVELinkNm
— Valérie Pécresse (@vpecresse) November 12, 2023
On the right, with the president of the party Éric Ciotti, personalities like Michel Barnier, the president of the Île-de-France region Valérie Pécresse, and that of Auvergne-Rhône Alpes Laurent Wauquiez, as well as the LR deputy of Pas-de- Calais Pierre-Henri Dumont also paraded.
President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron was notably absent possibly as he previously explained that “his role is rather to build the unity of the country and to be firm on the values”, to “take decisions, to say words when they need to be said and to act.”
He assured that he was “in heart and in thought” for this march which aims to “build the unity of the country”.
