Macron urges calm after far-right activist fatally beaten
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The 23-year-old French man 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 an event in Lyon. 'Hatred that kills has no place in our country,' the French president said on Saturday.

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.

  • Alexander Daychilde@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Your point is that progressives in america aren’t progressives because progressives in other countries are more progressive?

    No. As I stated, the “radical left” in the US is not radical.

    Anyway, we’re not gonna agree on this, which is fine. I’m not forcing you to. I hadn’t felt you addressed my points, but this time around you did seem to do so, so I still want you to have a lovely day. :)

    • CovfefeKills@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      Observe the use of the term radical in the US after the civil rights movement. It’s really not as easy as your personal opinion there is more going to this.

      E: And if it’s progressive to be more left than right in america, I think it tracks that radical is more left than left in america.