"The Rassemblement National and parts of the right-wing media have skilfully exploited Quentin Deranque's death. The masks are off, they say. The real threat to French democracy comes from the Far Left, not the nationalist-populist Right. It's we who are the goodies now, crowed one young man during a march by 3,200 far right sympathisers in Lyon on Saturday afternoon."
"Thirteen years ago, a Far Left student named Clement Meric, 19, was beaten to death in Paris by skinheads linked to the Far Right. There was a no equivalent explosion of sanctimonious indignation on right-hand side of French politics. Admittedly, there was an important difference The skinheads who killed Meric had no connection with any political party."
"The seven anti-fascist activists arrested last week for Deranque's manslaughter include a parliamentary assistant of the far-left deputy Raphael Arnault, a member of Jean-Luc Melenchon's La France Insoumise (LFI). Melenchon and LFI have since refused to accept any responsibility for the killing. Without any evidence, Melenchon said this week that Deranque was a neo-Nazi who had set a trap for the left-wing activists."
Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old far-right activist, was beaten to death by far-left militants in Lyon on February 12th. The Rassemblement National and right-wing media skillfully exploited his death to argue that the far left, not the nationalist-populist right, poses the real threat to French democracy. This contrasts with the 2011 death of far-left student Clement Meric, killed by far-right skinheads, which generated no equivalent political outcry from the right. A key difference exists: seven anti-fascist activists arrested for Deranque's manslaughter include a parliamentary assistant of far-left deputy Raphael Arnault. Jean-Luc Melenchon's La France Insoumise party refused responsibility, with Melenchon claiming without evidence that Deranque was a neo-Nazi who had set a trap.
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