Two quotes from a related article in l'Humanité, by Lionel Venturini:
« Indeed the central fact concerning the first round of the legislative election is that only 16% of the population (those eligible to vote), mostly older people in favored classes of society, will be represented in the next National Assembly, and will thus hold full power. »
« This transcription of the state of emergency into the common law does not arise by chance. It is an expression of the baring to public view of the (...)
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