The Young Guard, a small anti-fascist group within the sights of the authorities | EUROtoday

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Demonstrators in support of the anti-fascist group the Young Guard, then targeted by a dissolution procedure initiated by the Ministry of the Interior, in Lyon, May 6, 2025.

It is the most recent addition to a motion in full swing which finds itself questioned by the federal government. The Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, underlined the accountability of the Young Guard, a small anti-fascist group, within the loss of life, Saturday February 14, of Quentin Deranque, 23, scholar and activist of the acute proper of id, following a road combat, two days earlier, on the sidelines of a convention by MEP Rima Hassan (La France insoumise, LFI), on the Institute of Political Studies of Lyon.

“The investigation will confirm whether or not they were Young Guard activists. But the testimonies point in this direction, clearly”declared the Minister of the Interior, Sunday, on France 2. The similar day, the Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, affirmed that “it is clearly the ultra-left who killed” the younger Quentin Deranque. During a press briefing on Monday, February 16, Thierry Dran, Lyon prosecutor, indicated that the far-right activist had died from blows carried out by at the least six masked and hooded people, who haven’t but been recognized. He reclassified the investigation as “intentional homicide”.

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