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Macron Tells Meloni to ‘Stay in Lane’ over Remarks on Far-Right Activist’s Death
Macron urged foreign leaders to avoid interfering in France's internal matters amid arrests of 11 suspects linked to far-left groups in activist Quentin Deranque's homicide.
- On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron criticised Meloni over her comments on France, telling leaders from New Delhi to `Let everyone stay in their own lane`.
- On Wednesday, Meloni called the killing `a wound for all of Europe` and expressed respect and solidarity, given Italy's history of political violence in the 1970s.
- On February 14, Quentin Deranque, 23, was attacked by at least six people at a university protest in Lyon and died two days later, with video footage of masked assailants.
- French authorities have opened a homicide investigation and detained at least 11 suspects, several linked to radical left‑wing networks, as tensions rise ahead of municipal elections in March and the 2027 presidential race.
- Macron framed the episode as a sovereignty issue, saying no ideology can justify violence, and Rome officials said his rebuke surprised them, highlighting sensitivities among EU leaders.
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'Stop Commenting On Other Countries': Macron Slams Meloni Over Activist Remark
President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called on Giorgia Meloni to stop "commenting on what is happening in other people's countries," after the Italian prime minister expressed shock at the fatal beating of a far-right activist in France.
“Let everyone stay at home and the sheep will be well cared for.” These are the words with which Emmanuel Macron joked about Giorgia Meloni’s comments about the French activist murdered in Lyon. In this regard, the French President has stated from New Delhi that he “surprises” him that the nationalists, “who do not want to be disturbed in their own country”, are “the first to comment on what is happening elsewhere.” Macron referred to the public…
The French president did not like the comment that the premier made on the killing of activist Quentin Deranque. The tenant of the Elysée: "Nationalists are always the first to comment on the affairs of others"
French President 'follows closely' the case of the death of Quentin Deranque (ANSA)
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