2025 French far-right protests

2025 French far-right protests
2025 French far-right protests
Date	5 April 2025 – 6 April 2025
Location	France
Caused by	Conviction of National Rally leader Marine Le Pen for embezzlement in the National Front assistants affair, ruling her ineligible to run in the 2027 French presidential election
Goals	Overturning Marine Le Pen's ineligibility for elections until 2030
Methods	Public demonstration
Parties
National Rally and allies Reconquête; French Future; Identity-Liberties; Union of the Right for the Republic; Debout la France; The Republicans (factions);	Center and right-wing opposition Renaissance; Democratic Movement; Horizons; Union of Democrats and Independents; Radical Party; The Republicans (factions); Left-wing opposition La France Insoumise; The Ecologists; Socialist Party; French Communist Party; Place Publique; Lutte Ouvriere; New Anticapitalist Party; ;
Lead figures
	Marine Le Pen; Jordan Bardella; Eric Ciotti; Marion Marechal; Eric Zemmour; Emmanuel Macron; Gabriel Attal; Francois Bayrou; Jean-Luc Mélenchon;

The 2025 French far-right protests are political demonstrations organized by the National Rally and sympathetic organizations protesting the conviction of Marine Le Pen in the National Front assistants affair ruling her ineligible for running for office until 2030. Protests and gatherings occurred on 6 April in central Paris. The protests were met with counter-protests from leftist groups.