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Far-right and radical left parties likely to increase their local presence in advance of next year’s presidential race

Ballots are set to provide clearest indication so far of political temperature in runup to presidential election

French police have arrested 11 people after a far-right student died from a beating in Lyon

Assistant to hard-left parliamentarian among those held over fatal attack on 23-year-old Quentin Deranque

Two more people have been arrested in the probe into the death of far-right activist Quentin Deranque killed in a violent brawl in Lyon, bringing the total number under investigation to eleven.

Nine suspects have been arrested in the investigation into the killing of right-wing activist Quentin Deranque, a case that has intensified tensions between France’s far right and hard left ahead of municipal elections in March, and the presidential election in 2027.

Quentin Deranque, 23, who was on sidelines of a protest, died from a brain injury after attack that has fuelled political tensions

France’s political class has largely condemned the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro ​by US armed forces, but President Emmanuel Macron has denounced neither the method nor the intervention itself, saying the Venezuelan people should "rejoice". France's leftwing parties have slammed his comments as a "disgrace".

With less than two years to go to the next presidential election, France’s political forces are already jockeying for position. The balance of power between President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist government, a fragmented left and the increasingly emboldened far right continues to shift – shaping what could be one of the…