Overview
- In Perpignan, Jordan Bardella called on parties of the “moderate left” to refuse any second-round alliances with LFI in the municipal race.
- He linked the Feb. 14 killing of nationalist activist Quentin Deranque in Lyon to a “methodically constructed” climate he attributes to Jean‑Luc Mélenchon and his allies.
- LFI is countering with a Sunday rally in the RN-run city billed as an “anti‑fascist riposte” in support of its local slate backed by the Greens.
- The Conseil d’État rejected LFI’s appeal against the Interior Ministry’s classification of the party as “extreme left” for the upcoming elections.
- Cross‑party figures, including Dominique de Villepin and PS regional leader Carole Delga, condemned Mélenchon’s “Epstein” joke as echoing antisemitic tropes, while members of La Jeune Garde remain under formal investigation in the Deranque case.