“We must pose, against the extreme right, the true adversary of the Republic, actions, clear speeches, symbols which reaffirm our anti-racist commitment. Laurent Sorel, adviser to Paris LFI, managed to convince his colleagues. On Thursday, the Council of Paris undertook to place a commemorative plaque in the public space in tribute to Clément Méric, the anti-fascist activist who died ten years ago in a fight with members of an ultra-right group.
The communist memory assistant, Laurence Patrice, issued a favorable opinion, stressing the “real need to remember that the far right is a harmful force that poisons our society and sometimes does not hesitate to kill”. The municipal naming commission must now consider that request, she said.
A tribute parade
On June 5, 2013, during a brawl between a group of skinheads and far-left activists in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, Clément Méric, 18, a student involved in the anti-fascist movement, was fatally injured by militants from the small group. Third Way nationalist.
At the beginning of June, for the tenth anniversary of his death, several thousand people marched through the capital to pay homage to him, against a backdrop of renewed activities of ultra-right movements.