Montargis, a working-class town on the front line of the clash between the left and the far right

Montargis (Loiret), special envoy

Here, we know about bad winds. We know how to face them, too. In Montargis (Loiret), on the land of Jean and Jacques Vessière, local figures of the Resistance whose memory was honored by the procession of demonstrators this Monday, June 9, we stand tall, always. Especially when the far right threatens and dreams of conquering. Because since 2022 and the election of Thomas Ménagé as MP, the first National Front victory in the fourth constituency of Loiret, then his re-election in 2024, the National Rally has been dreaming.

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