US EditionTensions flare between Macron and Meloni over killing of French far-right activist
The attack led to murder charges against seven suspects and intensified political tensions between France and Italy amid concerns of rising ideological violence.
- Tensions flared between French President Macron and Italian Prime Minister Meloni over the killing of a French far-right activist during clashes in Lyon.
- The killing of Quentin Deranque, 23, caused uproar in France, damaging the left-wing party La France Insoumise and allowing the far-right National Rally to depict itself as a victim of deadly extremist violence.
- An aide to an LFI lawmaker faces charges of complicity through instigation and was put in pre-trial detention over the killing.
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Macron Clashes with Meloni Over Quentin Case as French Prosecutors Seek Murder Charges
The murder of Quentin Deranque, the 23-year-old patriotic activist who died after a brutal beating in Lyon on February 12th has escalated to a matter of diplomatic squabble between France and Italy. Statements by the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, (correctly) describing the crime as “a wound for all of Europe,” provoked an angry response from French President Emmanuel Macron, who asked Rome not to “comment on what is happening in other …
The French president roars: "Stay home." Gets really angry when Italy condemns the left-wing extremist act.
Emmanuel Macron did not hesitate criticized Georgia Meloni on Thursday 19 February after his remarks about the death of a nationalist activist in Lyon.
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