Lyon shields itself from the presence of extremist groups in the massive tribute to the deceased young activist

The death of this young man at the hands of the mask has generated a political and social earthquake in France that has agitated the country’s left- and right-wing extremist groups.

During the march, slogans such as “Antifa murderers” and “LFI accomplices”as reported The World.

At the moment, there is eleven far-left people arrested for this crime. Six of them in preventive detention, while investigators are trying to identify the rest of the participants in the fatal beating.

For this reason, this call has forced the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, to ask “stay calm” during this demonstration for the young man.

Something that has also maintained the alcalde of Lyon, Grégory Doucetgiven his fear of the participation of extremists in the event: “I don’t want Lyon to be the capital of the extreme right,” he declared.

Far-right organizations

This demonstration in which tribute is paid to young Quentin has spread mainly through social networks.

A call to which far-right groups such as the Allobroges Bourgoin, Héritage de Lyon, Audace Lyon, Action Française y Némesis. The latter is the group to which Quentin supposedly belonged, and for which he was in charge of security on the day he died.

In addition, the Nemesis activists participated on the front line of the demonstration with flowers and several images of the young man.

Rejection of political parties

The main leaders of the French extreme right and the extreme left have sought to persuade their bases not to attend the demonstration due to the risk of great violence.

Marine Le Pen’s National Group has asked its members not to attend this call. “We ask you, except in very specific and strictly controlled local situations, not to attend these meetings or associate them with the National Group,” the group’s leader, Jordan Bardella, wrote on Friday.

The same has happened with the spokesperson of the radical left, La Francia Insumisa (LFI), Manuel Bompard, who has directly requested that the call be suspended.

Bompard has raised the tone and warned that “more than a thousand neo-Nazis from all over Europe are planning a desire for deadly revenge, something that represents a threat to the inhabitants.”

However, these wishes of Bompard have not been fulfilled because the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Núñezhas maintained it out of respect for freedom of expression, although it has deployed a large police force in response to the possible escalation of violence at the event.

“The extremes must clean up”

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has stressed that “extreme parties must clean up.”

Macron has made it clear that “In France there is no place for violent movements” and has thus expressed its profound rejection of those who legitimize it.

For the president, “the responsibility of political formations” is essential, in a turbulent and delicate moment for the Republic.

For this reason, he has called “for decency and calm” to prevent “an escalation of violence.”