A protestor holds a placard reading "Freedom, equality, humanity, voting, peace!" as she gathers to demonstrate against the far-right, after their success in the European elections, at Place de la Republique in Paris, on June 11, 2024. Analysts say the French President has taken the extremely risky gamble of dissolving the national parliament in a bid to keep the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party out of power when his second term ends in 2027, after the far right crushed his centrist alliance in the June 9, 2024 European elections. The announcement sparked widespread alarm across France, even from within the ranks of his own party. (Photo by Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP)