Maud Bregeon denounces the “moral responsibility” of LFI in a “climate of violence” | EUROtoday

The authorities spokesperson, Maud Bregeon, denounced, Monday February 16 on BFM-TV, the “moral responsibility” of La France insoumise (LFI), which “ has been encouraging a climate of violence for years now”after the demise on Saturday of Quentin D..

This 23-year-old identification activist died after clashes, which occurred on Thursday, between anti-fascist and far-right activists, on the sidelines of a convention given at Sciences Po Lyon by the “rebellious” MEP Rima Hassan.

Since then, LFI has been underneath intense strain, blamed by the proper and the far proper. “It is clearly the ultra-left who killed”declared the Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, on Sunday, echoing the feedback of far-right MEP Marion Maréchal made the day earlier than. “The Mélenchon and LFI militia killed”she wrote on X. “It’s not the police who kill in France, it’s the far left”assured the previous Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau.

“All the stories that were made in the hours that followed have no relation to reality”replied, Sunday, the “rebellious” chief, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, stressing that he had “said dozens of times that we were hostile and opposed to violence”.

“France insoumise has proven and assumed links with extremely violent ultra-left groups”added Maud Bregeon on Monday. Those who voted for LFI “must face what they really are behind the speeches, behind the insinuations”she stated. One month earlier than the municipal elections, the federal government spokesperson affirmed that her “personal position” East “neither LFI nor RN” as a result of “we don’t fight one extreme with another”.

Prosecutor’s press convention at 4 p.m.

He is “unthinkable” that the left “cultivate the slightest doubt” on a “possible alliance with La France insoumise” for the 2027 presidential election, stated Place publique MEP Raphaël Glucksmann on Monday on RTL. “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”.

“There are also deaths caused by ultra-right militias”he however admitted. Stressing that it’s the National Rally which “threatens to tip France into the Trumpist camp and into the Putinian camp”Raphaël Glucksmann promised to be a “Dike of defense of democracy, precisely because we will not make any alliance with movements which undermine democracy, including La France insoumise”. The MEP cited Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Rima Hassan, deputies Raphaël Arnault and Thomas Portes, accusing them of “throw fuel on the fire” within the political debate.

The public prosecutor of Lyon, Thierry Dran, will maintain a press convention on Monday at 4 p.m. (and never at 3 p.m. as initially deliberate).

The Justice of the Peace might make bulletins, the police providers having “collected several significant testimonies”. According to the prosecution, “the investigation is now focused on identifying the direct perpetrators of correctional and criminal violence”.