“Shame on us”: OM supporters call to block the National Rally at the municipal elections in Marseille

Supporters of Olympique de Marseille are taking the side of the municipal elections. While the 2nd round looms this Sunday, with Benoît Payan (various left), Franck Allisio (RN) and Martine Vassal (various right) still in the running, the South Winners group published a press release to call for blocking the National Rally in the name of “tolerance” and “living together”. “Marseille, wake up,” he wrote.

“The extreme right is at the gates of power in our city,” said this influential group from the southern bend of the Vélodrome, often carrying messages of a social or political nature, after the historic score on Sunday for the RN, Franck Allisio (35.02%) following on the heels of outgoing mayor Benoît Payan (36.70%) in the first round.

“We who boasted about not having fascists in our stadium, unlike Lyon, Lille or Paris – where the RN achieved minimal scores – shame on us,” they wrote in a press release. “On Sunday March 22, tolerance and the project of living together must triumph in the face of hatred and segregation,” proclaim the South Winners calling “to vote” without citing a candidate in particular and denouncing abstention.

During this week between the two rounds, several Marseille voices began to interfere in this campaign. “I am calling today to vote for Benoît Payan”, launched Marseille director Robert Guédiguian on

On Wednesday, the Missak Manouchian Movement, which promotes the defense of democracy in Armenia inspired by the spirit of the famous resistance fighter, solemnly called for blocking the RN in particular in the 2nd largest city in France “where the risk of seeing the RN win is particularly high”. Finally, on the side of the unions, the CFDT of Bouches-du-Rhône called “wherever the extreme right is in a position to win, to mobilize and vote for the best placed list”, evoking “a major democratic issue”.