Thousands of people in France took to the streets on Sunday to demonstrate against the rise of the far-right following the strong performance of the National Rally (RN) in the first round of the parliamentary elections. People in Paris and several other cities gathered to protest against Marine Le Pen’s party and a shift to the right in France. The RN, alongside its far-right allies, gained 33% to 34.2% of the vote, in the first round of the snap nationwide elections for control of the lower house of parliament, according to first projections. Protesters gathered at the capital’s Place de la R…