US EditionMélenchon, in Lyon, Defends Allies Accused of Participating in Fatal Beating
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Since the death of Quentin Deranque on Saturday 16 February in Lyon, the city has been concerned about the resurgence of extreme right-wing violence.
In the city where Quentin Deranque was killed the groups have precise reference places, from bars to gyms, rooted and known to all inhabitants
Before nearly 2,000 supporters, the leader of La France Insoumise (LFI) proved that he never backs down. Undaunted, Mélenchon reiterated his support for the Young Guard, called the young Quentin a neo-Nazi, and even managed to make antisemitic remarks. Continuing his divisive course, he is determined to dismay a left wing that was, in some cases, prepared to ally with his party in the second round of the municipal elections.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon accuses the Nemesis collective of having organized a tracker in Lyon following the death of Quentin Deranque, an event that marks the municipal campaign and tensions between activists.
Quentin Deranque was beaten in Lyon and died of his wounds. Photo: DR A mass in tribute to Quentin Deranque will be celebrated Friday 27 February at 6:30 pm in the church of Saint-Germain in Compiègne. The young man died on 12 February 2026 in Lyon, after a violent attack. The facts took place on the margins of a displacement of Nemesis, a feminist collective listed on the right, who came to contest the arrival of Rima Hassan at the Institute of…
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