French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, February 14, urged calm and restraint after the fatal beating of a 23-year-old French youth aligned with the far-right on the sidelines of a conference by a hard-left lawmaker in the southeastern city of Lyon.

The death of the young man – identified only as Quentin – has intensified tensions between France's far-right and radical left who are both eyeing 2027 presidential elections.

He had been hospitalized in Lyon on Thursday after being attacked while providing what his supporters said was security for a protest against an appearance by hard-left MEP Rima Hassan at the Lyon branch of the Sciences Po university.

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[–] 176 points 7 months ago (12 children)
  • [–] 154 points 7 months ago* (22 children)

    Since when did European media start using Trumps term ‘radical-left’ ?

    There is no such thing, this is pure framing by the alt-right!

    Trump calls everyone from AOC to Angela Merkel radical leftists.

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  • [–] 68 points 7 months ago

    I despise Trump's propaganda as much as anyone here, but LFI (the party of the mentioned lawmaker) call themselves "radical left".

    We shouldn't let Trump turn this expression into an insult.

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  • [–] 124 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    His supporters say he was providing “security” - we all know the far-right lie 100% of the time, so he probably started a fight and lost his life.

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  • [–] 78 points 7 months ago

    Providing security in the way that Hitler's people did in the early 30's.

    By showing up in numbers, starting fights, and then claiming to be defending themselves. A tried-and-true Nazi propaganda tactic, and I'm glad the French aren't standing for it.

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  • [–] 116 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    We're experiencing a wave of racist attacks and murders and the only thing they talk about is the attack where a fascist was killed.
    We don't even know exactly what happened yet, most of the noise is coming from Nemesis another fascist "feminist" group.

    Coincidentally, our biggest leftist party was unilaterally labelled "far left" by our ministry of the interior a few days ago. (Le monde used hard left in the article, legally they are a generic leftist party)

    Coincidentally also, mayoral elections are in about 4 weeks, with an uptick from said party.

    Nothing to see here, France is definitely not sliding towards trumpism and fascism at a blinding speed.

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  • [–] 25 points 7 months ago

    From what I gather there was a group clash of 20+ people and the nazi dudes ran away leaving 1 behind who just got clobbered.

    It was right extremists "counter protesting" and the dead guy seems like a professional agitator providing "security service" to right extremists.

    Tl;dr: they fucked around and found out.

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  • [–] 91 points 7 months ago (21 children)

    Why is it called "far-right" and then "radical left"

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    [+] 71 points 7 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (12 children)
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    [–] 51 points 7 months ago

    Fuck being calm. Rightwingers keep assaulting normies and our own, because they had suffered no consequences. We should change that, forever. It is easy to be conservative, when you don't pay for the wrongs you commit.

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  • [–] 49 points 7 months ago

    "Chill out, everybody calm down. Its was just a nazi, the fucker got what was coming to him."

    The French have a proud tradition to maintain.

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  • [–] 47 points 7 months ago*

    Nothing of value was lost

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  • [–] 45 points 7 months ago

    Far right meaning Nazi in this case?

    I won't cry any tears for dead Nazis.

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  • [–] 35 points 7 months ago

    Nazi lives don't matter.

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  • [–] 33 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I forget, what is the only good nazi...?

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    [+] 28 points 7 months ago (3 children)
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    [–] 28 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    "Hatred that kills has no place in our country" - Man trying to stop hateful people who want to kill from facing consequences of their actions.

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    [+] 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (12 children)
  • [–] 23 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    I think the world needs less radical left and more militant left.

    We've tried talking for the last 80 years or so. Its not working so well. So maybe we need to bring back the violence that defeated fascism last time.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago (11 children)

    Easily the best news I've heard since the Kirk-ening of 2025

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    [–] 17 points 7 months ago

    You go Frenchies that is based.

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago

    Such a tragedy

    1000002702

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