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Police said 350,000 people were expected to march and 21,000
officers had been mobilized after labor unions, student groups
and rights groups called for rallies to oppose the
anti-immigration, euroskeptic RN ahead of upcoming elections to
the French parliament.
At least 150 marches were expected across France in cities
including Marseille, Toulouse, Lyon and Lille.
In Paris where up to 100,000 people were expected to turn out a
march will set off at 1200 GMT from Place de La Republique, in
the east, going through the Bastille square to Nation.
President Emmanuel Macron called a snap legislative election, to
be held in two rounds on June 30 and July 7, after his centrist
alliance was trounced by the RN in last Sunday's European
Parliament ballot.
A first series of opinion polls have projected that the RN could
win the legislative election and be in a position to run the
government.
A poll conducted for Le Point magazine published on Friday
forecast RN would lead in the first round of the parliamentary
election with 29.5% of votes, narrowly ahead of a coalition of
left-wing parties called the Popular Front on 28.5%.
Macron's centrist camp was on 18%.
At least two polls have put the left not far behind the RN and
ahead of Macron's group.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by David Holmes)
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