Thousands protest racism, rise of the right in the Netherlands, France

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Thousands protest racism, rise of the right in the Netherlands, France  Thousands protested in Amsterdam, Paris and Toulouse against the backdrop of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/23/thousands-protest-racism-rise-of-the-right-in-the-netherlands-france  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00More than 10,000 people gathered in Dam Square in the Dutch capital Amsterdam to participate

00:07in anti-racism and fascism protests.

00:10The demonstration comes against the backdrop of the International Day for the Elimination

00:14of Racial Discrimination, observed annually on the 21st of March.

00:19Protesters held signs reading Never Again as they warned against the rise of the far

00:22right across Europe, drawing memory to its disastrous history in the 20th century.

00:28Protesters also waved Palestinian flags in solidarity with the people of Gaza after Israel

00:33moved to resume the fighting following the breakdown of a fragile truce with Hamas.

00:38Protests also took place in France across multiple cities including the capital Paris

00:42as well as Lyon and Toulouse.

00:44The French Interior Ministry says some 91,000 people participated in the nationwide rallies.

00:51Protesters voiced their rejection of far-right parties amid the rightward shift in French

00:54politics and the government's recent pledge to crack down on immigration.

00:59Protesters also waved Palestinian flags and carried placards accusing President Emmanuel

01:04Macron of complicity in what they called an unfolding genocide.

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