The left resists in Paris and Marseille, the two largest cities of France

“Paris will be the heart of the resistance against the extreme right”said the new mayor of the capital, Emmanuel Grégoirewho for years was the mayor’s number two Anne Hidalgo and that will prolong the control of the city by his party that began 25 years ago, after beating the former conservative minister Rachida Datawho had the explicit support of the extreme right.

Gregory, that will be inaugurated next weekendmade a national reading of his victory, ahead of next year’s presidential elections, which he predicted would be “violent and crucial” and in which he criticized the alliance of the traditional right with the extreme right that, in his opinion, “is emerging.”

“The masks have fallen and we must denounce these alliances to earn some points”said Grégoire, who, after his speech, went out to tour the city by bicycle, a ride broadcast live on television, to one of whom he gave his first interview of the night while pedaling to City Hall to embrace Hidalgo, who gave him the key to the city, before a crowd.

Although the extreme right this Sunday he managed to conquer A string with the victory of Eric Ciottian ally of Marine Le Pen, in the fifth largest city in France, could not win the Marseille trophy.

The socialist Benoit Payan He was re-elected mayor of Marseille, thus slowing the advance of the National Rally in the country’s second largest city.