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'''Bloc Identitaire''' (BI) is a French organisation that has been described as a 'radical Right' street movement that campaigns against immigration and what it sees as 'the Islamisation' of Europe'.<ref name="HnH">Hope Not Hate, [http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/counter-jihad/country/France#id-28 Bloc Identitaire], Counterjihad Report: France, accessed 5 February 2015</ref>

==History==
BI was founded in April 2003 and became a formal political party in 2009.<ref name="HnH"/>

==Ideology==

According to research carried out by Hope Not Hate in 2011, BI 'spearheads the "Identity movement" in France and across Europe' and 'describes itself as "identitarian" as opposed to nationalist'. It 'campaigns for regional/local identity and European cultural unity on an ethno-cultural basis'.<ref name="HnH"/>

==Activities==
On 18 December 2010, BI reportedly organised an 'Assises Internationales sur L’Islamisation de nos Pays' ([[International Congress on the Islamisation of Europe]]) in Paris.<ref name="HnH"/>. The event was organised with the assistance of French [[counterjihad]] activist [[Pierre Cassen]], founder of [[Riposte Laïque]], an organisation with which BI reportedly has 'close links'.<ref name="HnHRL">Hope Not Hate, [http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/counter-jihad/country/France#id-31 Riposte Laïque], Counterjihad Report: France, accessed 3 February 2015</ref> [[Rene Stadtkewitz]], founder and chairman of the German [[Die Freiheit]] party, spoke at the conference.<ref name="HnHStad">Hope Not Hate, [http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/counter-jihad/country/Germany#id-48 Rene Stadtkewitz], Counterjihad Movement: Germany, accessed 19 January 2015</ref>

In March 2012 it organised a rally in Paris which was addressed by [[Jared Taylor]], founder and editor of [[American Renaissance]], and [[Filip Dewinter]] of the far-right Belgian [[Vlaams Belang]] party.<ref name="HnH"/>

It is also said to have established ‘Identity Houses’ in cities across France.<ref name="HnH"/>

BI activists have reportedly been involved in the [[Ligue de Défense Française]] (LDF), the name of which suggests it was modelled on the [[English Defence League]].<ref name="HnHLDF">Hope Not Hate, [http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/counter-jihad/country/France#id-29 Ligue de Défense Française], Counterjihad Report: France, accessed 5 February 2015</ref>

==Publications==
*Regular bulletin called 'IDentitaires'

==People==
*[[Fabrice Robert]] - founder and president<ref name="HnH"/>

==Affiliations==
*[[Riposte Laïque]] - 'close links'<ref name="HnH"/>
*[[Austrian Freedom Party]] (FPÖ) - 'close links'<ref name="HnH"/>
*[[Lega Nord]] (LN) - 'close links'<ref name="HnH"/>
*[[Vlaams Belang]] (VB) - 'close links'<ref name="HnH"/>

==Contact==
:Website: [http://www.bloc-identitaire.com bloc-identitaire.com]

==Notes==
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[[Category: France]]
[[Category: Counterjihad]]
[[Category: Islam Critics]]
[[Islamophobia]]