France's National Secretary of Les Ecologistes-EELV, Marine Tondelier (3rd L), First Secretary of the French left-wing Parti Socialiste (Socialist Party) (PS) MP and French left-wing Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front) NFP coalition member, Olivier Faure (C) and French newly-elected Member of Parliament with the "Nouveau Front Populaire" left wing coalition, Clementine Autain (2nd R) clap and hold banners reading "Free Paul Watson" as they take part in a demonstration in support of Canadian founder of NGO Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Paul Watson during the last day of French political party Les Ecologistes-EELV's "Summer Days" in Tours, western France, on August 24, 2024. French Ecologists and the Insoumis (French leftist La France Insoumise party - LFI) kick off the new political season with their summer universities, a 2024 vintage that will be marked by the left's determination. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP)