# Agde: memorial to victims of communism sparks controversy

> Agde's National Rally town hall announces the inauguration of a stele paying tribute to victims of communist totalitarian regimes, which the local French Communist Party and Left Radical Party denounce.

**In brief**: Politics event (severity: low) in Agde (Hérault), first detected on 2 November 2026 at 19:25. Reported by 5 sources (5 articles), last updated on 6 November 2026 at 11:27.

- Category: Politics
- Severity: Low
- Place: Agde — Hérault
- First detected: 2 November 2026 at 19:25
- Updated: 6 November 2026 at 11:27
- Web page: https://acturadar.com/en/events/7554-agde-memorial-to-victims-of-communism-sparks-controversy

## Coverage angles

Both sides report the same inauguration and the same opposition from the French Communist Party and the Left Radical Party, but the left insists on the qualification of "revisionism" and on the local context of the occupation, while the right highlights the initiative of the National Rally mayor and the reaction of the left.

**Common ground**

- Agde's National Rally town hall organizes the inauguration of a stele in tribute to victims of communist totalitarian regimes
- The local French Communist Party and Left Radical Party denounce this initiative
- Aurélien Lopez-Liguori, Agde's National Rally mayor, is the initiator of the stele

**Differences**

- The left qualifies the initiative as "revisionism" and evokes the return of "hatred of communism", a term absent from right-wing articles
- The left cites the argument that the only local victims of the occupation were caused by the Nazi army, absent from right-wing articles
- The right mentions the timing of the announcement (anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall), not noted by left-wing articles

## Sources (5 articles)

- [Hérault : l’inauguration d’une stèle en mémoire des victimes du communisme suscite l’ire de la gauche](https://www.lejdd.fr/politique/herault-linauguration-dune-stele-en-memoire-des-victimes-du-communisme-suscite-lire-de-la-gauche-187638) — Le Journal du Dimanche, 2 November 2026 at 19:25
- [« Victimes du communisme » : à Agde, le RN provoque la colère de la gauche](https://www.valeursactuelles.com/societe/victimes-du-communisme-a-agde-le-rn-provoque-la-colere-de-la-gauche) — Valeurs actuelles, 4 November 2026 at 09:00
- [Révisionnisme : à Agde, la stèle anticommuniste du maire RN fait bondir la gauche](https://www.humanite.fr/politique/anticommunisme/revisionnisme-a-agde-la-stele-anticommuniste-du-maire-rn-fait-bondir-la-gauche) — L'Humanité, 5 November 2026 at 20:46
- [A Agde, les commémorations anticommunistes du maire RN suscitent la colère de partis d’opposition et de syndicats](https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2026/11/05/a-agde-les-commemorations-anticommunistes-du-maire-rn-suscitent-la-colere-de-partis-d-opposition-et-de-syndicats_6807343_823448.html) — Le Monde, 5 November 2026 at 21:43
- [Stèle aux victimes du communisme à Agde : "idéologie mensongère", colère de l'opposition et des syndicats, recours gracieux... ce que l'on sait de la polémique](https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/herault/agde/stele-aux-victimes-du-communisme-a-agde-ideologie-mensongere-colere-de-l-opposition-et-des-syndicats-recours-gracieux-ce-que-l-on-sait-de-la-polemique-3445191.html) — France 3 Régions, 6 November 2026 at 11:27

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