Eric Coquerel denounces a “sordid and political recovery” | EUROtoday

The “rebellious” deputy Eric Coquerel denounced, Tuesday February 17, a “sordid and political recovery” of the demise of far-right activist Quentin Deranque, La France insoumise (LFI) having been extensively criticized by its opponents since this assault.

“We reject this type of violence because it is never the solution”mentioned Eric Coquerel on RTL, claiming to think about the mother and father of the 23-year-old younger man, who died on Saturday following a lynching within the streets of Lyon, on the sidelines of a convention given at Sciences Po by the “rebellious” MEP Rima Hassan.

He thought of that the assaults in opposition to LFI have been aimed toward“weaken, or even eliminate, the only alternative force on the left, perhaps capable of preventing the extreme right from coming to power”. He denounced a “absolutely scandalous way of doing things”. Eric Coquerel additionally assured that political violence is “deeply on the side of the extreme right”.

The coordinator of LFI, Manuel Bompard, for his half, declared Tuesday on France Inter that there was no “no connection” between his motion and the demise of Quentin Deranque, rejecting “unfounded, serious and false accusations”. “There is no political responsibility of La France insoumise in this tragedy”he insisted.

“Major cranioencephalic trauma”

The Lyon public prosecutor confirmed, Monday throughout a press convention, the intense violence suffered by Quentin Deranque. According to Thierry Dran, the post-mortem carried out revealed that the younger man had suffered “major cranioencephalic trauma” And “a right temporal fracture”. For forensic consultants, “these lesions were beyond any therapeutic resource, and fatal in the short term”.

The degree of violence and their deadly penalties determined the prosecution to proceed the felony investigation beneath the qualification of “voluntary homicide”, aggravated by three circumstances: the assembly, the concealment of faces and the usage of weapons by vacation spot.

Investigators heard round fifteen witnesses, straight involved by the occasions. Analyzes of a number of movies are underway. “Technical findings are still continuing very actively”reported Mr. Dran, refusing another hypothesis exterior the scope of authorized investigations.

The Némésis collective, near the far proper and claiming to be feminist, claimed that Quentin Deranque had been attacked by anti-fascist activists, a few of whom got here from the Young Guard, a corporation based in 2018 by Raphaël Arnault, now LFI deputy for Vaucluse. The small anti-fascist group, for its half, assured that it couldn’t “be held responsible” of the demise of the far-right activist, “having suspended all its activities” as a result of it’s topic to a dissolution process.

Concerning the identities circulating on social networks, specifically on the presence of Raphaël Arnault’s parliamentary collaborator, Mr. Dran remained cautious. “I am a magistrate, I stick to the facts. We are in the process of identifying the authors”he mentioned.

Government spokesperson Maud Bregeon denounced on Monday the “moral responsibility” of LFI, which “has been encouraging a climate of violence for years now”.

Public Square MEP Raphaël Glucksmann judged “unthinkable” that the left “cultivate the slightest doubt” on a “possible alliance with La France insoumise” within the 2027 presidential election. “We will now have to put an end to this brutalization of public debate”he added, affirming “a responsibility of all political leaders who stir up hatred, including those of La France insoumise”.