{"id":1414604,"date":"2022-04-01T09:44:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T13:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414604"},"modified":"2022-04-01T09:44:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T13:44:47","slug":"french-govt-dissolves-far-left-extremist-antifa-group-in-lyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-govt-dissolves-far-left-extremist-antifa-group-in-lyon\/","title":{"rendered":"French Govt Dissolves Far-Left Extremist Antifa Group in Lyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrench-govt-dissolves-far-left-extremist-antifa-group-in-lyon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414604&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The French government has moved to dissolve an Antifa group in Lyon over calls for violence against police and violent actions, marking the first time in 40 years the French government has dissolved a far-left extremist group.<\/p>\n<p>French\u00a0government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced the dissolution of Anti-Fascist Group Lyon and Surroundings, or\u00a0<em>Groupe antifasciste Lyon et Environs<\/em> (GALE) in French, earlier this week under a 1936 law originally aimed at far-right extremist groups.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have adopted the dissolution of the de facto group known as the anti-fascist group Lyon and surroundings known for its violent actions, its calls to hatred and its virulent and incessant incitement to attack our police forces,\u201d Attal said, broadcaster Franceinfo <a href=\"https:\/\/france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr\/auvergne-rhone-alpes\/rhone\/lyon\/lyon-le-groupe-antifasciste-gale-officiellement-dissout-par-le-gouvernement-2515308.html\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will respect the republican order to the end and in the face of all those who threaten it,\u201d Attal added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seven far-left extremist Antifa militants have been taken arrested in the city of Lyon for allegedly physically assaulting a man at a protest against vaccine passports late last month. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OtDJOXgn0W\">https:\/\/t.co\/OtDJOXgn0W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1442246306341261315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Olivier Forray, a lawyer representing Antifa Lyon, stated that the move coincides with the upcoming French Presidential election, in which President Emmanuel Macron is the current frontrunner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few days before the elections that will be played on the right, or even on the extreme right, this dissolution is highly symbolic, it is simply an opportunity to give satisfaction to a part of the electorate,\u201d Forray said.<\/p>\n<p>Antifa Lyon has been on the radar of French law enforcement for some time due to anti-police statements made at a festival last December and for threats against the pharmaceutical company Bayer, and its offices in Lyon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Far-Left Anarchist Extremists Indicted Over Terror Plot To Kill Police <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WjN4FeNweQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/WjN4FeNweQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1338922523820498946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The extremist group issued an ultimatum to Bayer in January on Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antifa_lyon\/status\/1483752809942114306?s=20&#038;t=_7M0e_PgkN1mrUDT9f42aA\">stating<\/a>, \u201cThis is an ultimatum.\u00a0The France head office of Bayer, based in Lyon, must leave. We are giving them 3 months to pack their boxes and get out of their glass tower, and by then we will be able to remind them. Siege the headquarters of the firm on March 05, 2022, Lyon.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Last year, at least seven members of the group were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/26\/antifa-militants-in-pretrial-detention-after-assault-on-man-at-anti-vax-pass-protest\/\">involved in a violent attack<\/a> on a man during a protest against Wuhan coronavirus vaccine mandates after claiming the man was a member of a right-wing group.<\/p>\n<p>Florent, a member of Antifa Lyon, stated that the group would fight the decision and appeal saying, \u201cWe are not going to give up, we are not dissolving the revolt that is rumbling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the contrary, we hope that it will wake people up, that it will mobilize them against fascism,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The government of President Macron has dissolved several groups in recent years after accusations of extremism, including the anti-mass migration youth activist group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/03\/04\/france-govt-decree-dissolves-anti-mass-migration-group-generation-identitaire\/\">Generation Identitaire<\/a>, which was dissolved after several actions along the border of France in which they searched for and reported illegal migrant crossings.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">French Police Raid Alleged Far-Left Antifa Bomb Factory HQ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ipmxBhTXNV\">https:\/\/t.co\/ipmxBhTXNV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1263766512973893633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at\u00a0<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or email at\u00a0ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French government has moved to dissolve an Antifa group in Lyon over calls for violence against police and violent actions, marking the first time in 40 years the French<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1414604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1414604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}