US EditionMacron Orders Review of Violent Activist Groups After Fatal Beating of Far-Right Activist
The death of 23-year-old activist Quentin Deranque after a protest brawl in Lyon has led to multiple arrests and intensified political tensions ahead of elections.
- On February 14, a 23-year-old student died in a Lyon hospital after being beaten during a protest outside the Lyon Institute of Political Studies, authorities say.
- Amid campaign season, a protest against La France Insoumise saw a street brawl involving far-left and far-right activists, with aides in a far-left lawmaker's office detained, inflaming tensions ahead of elections.
- Investigators say the probe is ongoing, and authorities have arrested several suspects in connection with the killing, some possibly linked to the Jeune Garde.
- Far-Right leaders responded with condemnation, and a planned far-right march could rally ultra-conservatives around Deranque, as the National Rally seized the moment.
- Even moderate left figures, including former President François Hollande, have weighed in, prompting condemnations of the `cordon sanitaire`'s reversal in France's partisan landscape.
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Macron orders review of violent activist groups after fatal beating of far-right activist
LYON, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron will hold meetings next week to review violent activist groups, after a far-right student died from a beating in Lyon in an incident that highlighted a climate of deep political tensions ahead of next year's presidential vote.Speaking at the Paris agriculture fair, Macron called on “everyone to remain calm” ahead of Saturday's tributes organized by far-right groups to Quentin Deranque, a 23-ye…
A tribute will be organized at 3 p.m. in Lyon in memory of the nationalist activist Quentin Deranque killed last week. The mayor of Lyon asked for his ban because of the risks of violence.
While antifascism has been disavowed by a large part of the political class since the death of Quentin Deranque, the historian returns to the genesis of the movement and the need not to abandon the idea that structured post-war democracy.
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Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Paris-1-Panthéon-Sorbonne and researcher at the European Centre for Sociology and Political Science (CESSP), Isabelle Sommier is a specialist in political violence.
On Saturday, several rallies in tribute to Quentin Deranque are held in France, including a march under high surveillance in Lyon. Several people were charged after the death of the identity activist, a week ago, after he was beaten. Follow the latest information. - FR DIRECT - Marches for Quentin Deranque: Emmanuel Macron calls "everybody calm" (Police, justice and other facts).
Vincent Claudin, who calls for a parade for his friend killed by anti-fascist activists, is the parliamentary attaché of the MP for Drôme Lisette Pollet, as he revealed "Mediapart". He claims to have left in 2024 the popular group of anti-Semitic Lyons, dissolved since.
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