Ahead of local elections that serve as a bellwether for next year’s presidential campaign, the National Rally says it is the victim of an increasingly radical left wing.
France’s far right is framing the death of an activist associated with far-right groups as a moment akin to the murder of Charlie Kirk in the United States.
The National Rally has in recent days started pointing to the killing of 23-year-old Quentin Deranque in Lyon as proof the poll-topping populist party is the victim of an increasingly radical political left, much as the MAGA movement in the United States did following Kirk’s assassination last year.
With key municipal elections next month serving as a bellwether of the National Rally’s electability heading into the 2027 presidential race, the incident has deepened the fissures in France’s polarized politics and fueled fears of further violence.
Look up Horst Wessel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Wessel
The tl, dr is that Horst was a sleazy character who joined the Nazis because he liked being a bully. After a beef with his landlady he got killed by some locals she’d brought to protect herself.
After his death, Horst became a symbol of the Nazi Party and the song commemorating his death became a standard at Nazi events and marches.
Ugh, the US going to the “we are Charlie Kirk” song, aren’t they.
My favorite Kirk quote is when he blithely said that school shootings were the price America had to pay for freedom. I am glad that he got a chance to die for something he believed in.
Even if it wasn’t for something he believed in, that’s fine too.