French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, February 14, urged calm and restraint after the fatal beating of a 23-year-old French youth aligned with the far-right on the sidelines of a conference by a hard-left lawmaker in the southeastern city of Lyon.

The death of the young man – identified only as Quentin – has intensified tensions between France’s far-right and radical left who are both eyeing 2027 presidential elections.

He had been hospitalized in Lyon on Thursday after being attacked while providing what his supporters said was security for a protest against an appearance by hard-left MEP Rima Hassan at the Lyon branch of the Sciences Po university.

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    3 hours ago

    Yeah, you don’t know what your talking about and you’re making assumptions that aren’t true.

    Where does self defense fit into your enlightened pacifist worldview?

    This wasn’t self defense, and I never proclaimed to be a pacifist. I said we should target the source rather than the symptoms.

    I think you’re just angry and trying to fit in with your peers.