{"id":2641914,"date":"2026-08-07T14:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-right-wing-media-figure-attacked-by-mob-of-antifa-militants\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T14:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:45:50","slug":"french-right-wing-media-figure-attacked-by-mob-of-antifa-militants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-right-wing-media-figure-attacked-by-mob-of-antifa-militants\/","title":{"rendered":"French right-wing media figure attacked by mob of antifa militants"},"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\">20<\/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-right-wing-media-figure-attacked-by-mob-of-antifa-militants%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=2641914&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--><p>A prominent right-wing media figure, Erik Tegner, was assaulted by antifa militants in Brittany, France, during his vacation.Several videos depict the incident where Tegner was surrounded adn physically grabbed by protesters, with some trying to push him towards the sea. Tegner described being attacked by around 150 militants, with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >anti-fascist groups previously protesting<\/a> his brewery opening in the region. The attack followed ongoing tensions, including previous incidents involving Tegner, such as an assault at a restaurant and protests against his activities. French authorities have increasingly banned far-left and far-right protests in Paris due to militant violence, wich has escalated in recent months, culminating in the killing of a young conservative activist, Quentin Deranque, by masked militants during a street brawl. Several arrests have been made related to these events.Politicians like Jordan Bardella condemned the violence and accused the far left of resorting to intimidation and physical violence. Tegner is a divisive figure known for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hungarian-prime-minister-warns-the-west-against-a-communist-takeover\/\" title=\"Hungarian Prime Minister Warns the West Against a Communist Takeover\">anti-immigration stance<\/a> and controversial journalistic practices, including a court conviction for doxxing immigration lawyers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A prominent right-wing media figure was attacked by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antifa\/\">antifa militants<\/a> in the Brittany region of France this week, the latest incident in a trend of leftist violence in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erik Tegner, a journalist and founder of the conservative publication <em>Fronti\u00e8res<\/em>, was confronted after leaving a bar with friends on Wednesday night. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/qTMf7YN2HY0\">Several videos of the encounter<\/a> have emerged on social media, including some <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/le_jeune_militant\/p\/DbsQsSQCIIJ\/\">posted by \u201cantifascist\u201d accounts<\/a>, showing people surrounding and physically grabbing Tegner.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4679143\/french-media-figure-attacked-mob-antifa-militants\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>French right-wing media figure attacked by mob of antifa militants<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4677938\/strait-of-hormuz-toll-free-negotiations-iran-oman\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Keeping Strait of Hormuz toll-free is paramount concern for international bodies as Iran-Oman negotiations drag<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4678083\/houthis-restart-strike-yemen\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Houthis restart strikes against Yemen in latest problem for US strategy in region<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI was assaulted last night by 150 antifas on the island of Groix in Brittany during my vacation, a figure confirmed by the surveillance cameras,\u201d Tegner said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tegnererik\/status\/2085389621450465287\">social media post<\/a> after the incident. \u201cA complaint has just been filed. Thank you for your messages of support. No one will ever silence me. Brittany deserves better!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\">Journalist and far-right activist Erik Tegner poses during the opening of his Kerfave brewery in Pleguien, western France on May 14, 2026. Tegner, a commentator on CNews television and co-founder of the far-right outlet Fronti\u00e8res, opened the Kerfave craft brewery alongside a business partner in the Cotes-d\u2019Armor department, with anti-fascist groups mobilising against the launch. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/08\/localimages\/GettyImages-2275666384.jpg?w=594&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journalist and far-right activist Erik Tegner poses during the opening of his Kerfave brewery on May 14, 2026, in Pleguien, western France. Tegner, a commentator on CNews television and co-founder of the far-right outlet Fronti\u00e8res, opened the Kerfave craft brewery alongside a business partner in the Cotes-d\u2019Armor department, with antifascist groups mobilizing against the launch. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey threw alcohol in my face, they jumped on me repeatedly,\u201d he later <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnews.fr\/faits-divers\/2026-08-06\/erik-tegner-le-journaliste-agresse-par-des-dizaines-de-militants-dextreme\">recounted to French outlet CNEWS<\/a>. \u201cThey held me, they shoved me. Their goal was to throw me out. They pushed me right toward the sea. They wanted to put me in the water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of people who confronted Tegner is not immediately apparent from available footage. Antifa protesters in Brittany previously showed up in large numbers to protest Tegner\u2019s opening of a craft brewery in the region in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple right-wing government officials and leaders of the National Rally party, such as Jordan Bardella, have publicly expressed support for Tegner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe far left is the camp of intimidation, physical violence, and cowardice,\u201d Bardella <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/J_Bardella\/status\/2085377047426138218\">said<\/a> of the incident. \u201cJustice must severely condemn these extremists who have no place in French political life. It is time for French society as a whole to become aware of the danger of the far left\u2019s political violence!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tegner is a divisive figure in French politics due to his strident anti-immigration positions and questionable journalistic practices. He was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/brusselssignal.eu\/2026\/06\/french-journalist-convicted-for-exposing-pro-migration-lawyers\/\">convicted by the Bobigny Criminal Court<\/a> in June for publishing a report on mass migration in France that listed the names of 10 prominent immigration lawyers in France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court, ruling that the report was ultimately aimed at \u201cdoxing\u201d the lawyers, gave him a suspended six-month sentence, an $11,500 fine, and ordered him to pay out $2,300 in damages to each of the 10 lawyers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\">A woman holds a placard reading \u201cNo fascists in Brittany, neither in town nor in the countryside\u201d during a protest against the opening of a brewery by journalist and far-right activist Erik Tegner in Pleguien, western France on May 14, 2026. Tegner, a commentator on CNews television and co-founder of the far-right outlet Fronti\u00e8res, opened the Kerfave craft brewery alongside a business partner in the Cotes-d\u2019Armor department, with anti-fascist groups mobilising against the launch. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/08\/localimages\/GettyImages-2275665060.jpg?w=594&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A woman holds a placard reading \u201cNo fascists in Brittany, neither in town nor in the countryside\u201d during a protest against the opening of a brewery by journalist and far-right activist Erik Tegner on May 14, 2026, in Pleguien, western France. (Photo by Fred TANNEAU \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tegner was previously attacked alongside his fiancee at an event in C\u00f4tes-d\u2019Armor last summer. A group of agitators surrounded the couple while they were dining at a restaurant, and it eventually escalated into a physical altercation in which one of the harassers grabbed Tegner by the neck. Their assailant was convicted of group violence in September 2025, being ordered to pay a fine and damages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French police have become increasingly intolerant of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-ryan-zinke-wins-montana-race-for-newly-drawn-1st-congressional-district\/\" title=\"Republican Ryan Zinke Wins Montana Race for Newly Drawn 1st Congressional District\">radical political groups<\/a> in recent months, with authorities in Paris issuing bans on far-right and far-left protests within the capital city due to safety concerns. At least <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/france\/article\/2026\/05\/09\/39-in-custody-in-paris-over-banned-far-right-and-anti-fascist-marches_6753293_7.html\">39 people were arrested<\/a> in one day in May after failing to abide by the protest ban.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile demonstrators must be able to gather in complete safety, the ban orders must be respected and confrontations between far-right and far-left activists cannot be tolerated,\u201d Paris police said at the time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The issue of politically motivated group violence reached a boiling point in February of this year when <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4468406\/charles-kushner-france-activist-death\/\">Quentin Deranque<\/a>, a 23-year-old conservative student in the city of Lyon, was beaten to death by a mob of antifa militants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deranque\u2019s death occurred following a street brawl near a conference center where the left-wing France Unbowed was holding an event. He was reportedly present to provide protection for right-wing women\u2019s organization Collectif N\u00e9m\u00e9sis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4651218\/rubio-summit-left-wing-terrorism-evil\/\">RUBIO TELLS INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON LEFT-WING TERRORISM: \u2018TIME TO CRUSH THIS EVIL FOREVER\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Videos from the brawl show a group of masked militants punching and kicking a man on the ground, believed to be Deranque. Eleven people were arrested in the aftermath of the student\u2019s death, and two have been charged with murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The killing of Deranque has been a unifying force on the French Right, as well as an issue of concern for the White House, which held an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4651218\/rubio-summit-left-wing-terrorism-evil\/\">international summit on left-wing terrorism<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right-wing figure attacked by antifa in Brittany, France<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2641915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2275666384.jpg?w=594","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3802,46189,35049,3970,32743],"class_list":["post-2641914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-antifa","tag-french-politics","tag-political-violence","tag-protests","tag-right-wing-media"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2275666384.jpg?w=594","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641914","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\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2641914"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641923,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641914\/revisions\/2641923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2641915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2641914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2641914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2641914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}