Insoumise France nonetheless just a little extra criticized on the left | EUROtoday

After the loss of life of far-right activist Quentin Deranque, Saturday February 14, severely crushed on the sidelines of a convention by MEP (La France insoumise, LFI) Rima Hassan, Thursday in Lyon, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s motion finds itself on the middle of a political storm, accused of its hyperlinks – claimed – with the Young Guard, a small anti-fascist group dissolved in June 2025. The Minister of inside, Laurent Nuñez, identified “extremely strong links between La France insoumise and the Young Guard”on the microphone of France Inter, Monday February 16. At the identical microphone, Tuesday February 17, Manuel Bompard mentioned: “There is no political responsibility of La France insoumise in this drama (…) There is no link between La France insoumise and this tragedy. (…) Raphaël Arnault no longer had any connection with the Young Guard. He was spokesperson and founder, since he was elected deputy [du Vaucluse en 2024]he no longer exercises any function, any responsibility in the Young Guard, he has no connection with these events. He was in the National Assembly [jeudi]. »

If the public prosecutor of Lyon, Thierry Dran, remained cautious, Monday, February 16, during his press conference on the involvement of the Young Guard, the death of the activist and the suspicions targeting the small group in the drama above all fueled the debate between the opponents of any alliance with LFI and those who still hope for it in view of the presidential election of 2027. “If Jean-Luc Mélenchon refutes political violence, then he should be able to expel those who contribute to the climate of violence with their words like Raphaël Arnault or Rima Hassan. On the left, we do not cultivate strategic ambiguities with political violence, we break with them”decides the socialist mayor of Montpellier, Michaël Delafosse, the place Mr. Mélenchon held a gathering on Sunday.

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