France gears up for May Day protests, in first test for newly reelected Macron


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  • Saturday, 30 Apr 2022

Sixty-year old nurse assistant and CGT labour union member Isabelle-Touria Boumhi attends a meeting with union members Dominique Kalinski, Elisabeth Ornago and Manuel Lledo Aguilar to prepare for the Labour Day protest, at their local CGT office in Nanterre, near Paris, France, April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Caroline Pailliez

PARIS (Reuters) - Like quite a few on the left, 60-year-old nurse assistant Isabelle-Touria Boumhi says backing either Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen in France's presidential runoff last Sunday would have been choosing "between the plague and cholera."

She did not vote. Instead, she is preparing to take part in May Day protests this coming Sunday.

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