(FILES) Demonstrators, including French activist Jean-Baptiste Redde (Bottom L), also known as Voltuan with a placard reading "New Popular Front against RN", stand next to and on the statue The Triumph of the Republic on Place de la Nation as they take part in an anti far-right rally after French president called legislative elections following far-right parties' significant gains in European Parliament elections, in Paris on June 15, 2024. A surprise dissolution of the French National Assembly, an enchanted interlude for the Olympic Games, and the explosion of the Mazan rape trial: a look back at ten key events of 2024 in France. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP) (Photo by SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images)