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.

    • texture@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 day ago

      also to claim that “the radical left is eyeing 2027 presidential elections” is pretty wild. no radical leftists will be winning any election, sadly.

    • Kacarott@aussie.zoneEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      I don’t think I’ve heard of “radical left” outside of the US? In Europe I only recall “far left” and “far right”

      • Obi@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        11·
        2 days ago

        In France the literal translation would be “extreme right” and “extreme left”.

    • CovfefeKills@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago
      radical
/ˈradɪkl/
adjective
adjective: radical
1.
(especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.
"a radical overhaul of the existing regulatory framework"
2.
advocating or based on thorough or complete political or social change; representing or supporting an extreme or progressive section of a political party.
noun
noun: radical; plural noun: radicals
1.
a person who advocates thorough or complete political or social change, or a member of a political party or section of a party pursuing such aims.

      Radical change is literally the goal.

        • Tattorack@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 hours ago

          America has no concept of “radical left”. I can suggest something mild and end up being called a communist.

          • Alexander Daychilde@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            3 hours ago

            Precisely. As a progressive, what I want is generally considered pretty normal and basic in any of the other 32 OECD (“developed”) countries.

            There are a few that would be “radical”, but they are a tiny minority.

            Tell ya what, though, after putting up with fascist bullshit all my life, while I just want basic freedom and a social safety net, I’m willing to listen to these “radical” left. Certainly the regressive right has done fuck all for us.

        • CovfefeKills@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          16 hours ago

          That’s radical dude. That’s rad.

          Radical has always been progressive in america. Right out of the civil rights movement co-opted by hippies.

          If you are backing down to the nazis and letting them change the meaning of words I am going to call you a weak dog.

          • Alexander Daychilde@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            3 hours ago

            There is nothing radical about progressives in the US. As a progressive… we are centrist in most of the other 32 OECD (“developed”) countries.

            Radical left would start with things like no private property, ownership of everything by all, things like that.

            So no, friend, I’m not changing the meaning of anything. Calling progressives in the US “radical” is already changing the meaning and wussing out on what actual radical change would be.