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'''Génération Identitaire''' is a small French anti-Muslim and right-wing extremist group. It was founded in September 2012. The group emanates from the European-wide "[[Identitarian Bloc]]" founded in 2003 by the ex-leaders of [[Unité Radicale]] ([[UR]]) - [[Fabrice Robert]]. [[UR]] had been dissolved a year earlier, as [[Maxime Brunerie]], who was close to the movement, had attempted to murder the president [[Jacques Chirac]]. <ref> Anon., [http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2012/10/20/generation-identitaire-bloc-identitaire-mosquee-poitiers_n_1992560.html 'Génération identitaire, émanation toute récente du Bloc identitaire'], ''The Huffington Post'', 20 October 2012. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref> | '''Génération Identitaire''' is a small French anti-Muslim and right-wing extremist group. It was founded in September 2012. The group emanates from the European-wide "[[Identitarian Bloc]]" founded in 2003 by the ex-leaders of [[Unité Radicale]] ([[UR]]) - [[Fabrice Robert]]. [[UR]] had been dissolved a year earlier, as [[Maxime Brunerie]], who was close to the movement, had attempted to murder the president [[Jacques Chirac]]. <ref> Anon., [http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2012/10/20/generation-identitaire-bloc-identitaire-mosquee-poitiers_n_1992560.html 'Génération identitaire, émanation toute récente du Bloc identitaire'], ''The Huffington Post'', 20 October 2012. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref> | ||
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Their obsession with security is also shown with the 'training' and 'auto-defence' camps that they regularly run, and the gym rooms they open, exclusively for “''les jeunes FDS (Français de souche)''”, i.e. non-immigrant youth. <ref> Anon., [http://www.lesinrocks.com/2014/06/28/actualite/troubles-identitaires-11511909/ 'Génération identitaire: au coeur de la campagne “antiracailles” qui veut “sécuriser” le métro'], ''Les Inrocks'', 28 June 2014. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref> | Their obsession with security is also shown with the 'training' and 'auto-defence' camps that they regularly run, and the gym rooms they open, exclusively for “''les jeunes FDS (Français de souche)''”, i.e. non-immigrant youth. <ref> Anon., [http://www.lesinrocks.com/2014/06/28/actualite/troubles-identitaires-11511909/ 'Génération identitaire: au coeur de la campagne “antiracailles” qui veut “sécuriser” le métro'], ''Les Inrocks'', 28 June 2014. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref> | ||
| + | In March 2016, more than a hundred protesters blocked several routes for migrants to Calais with burning tyres. The members of the group were carrying banners with the slogans “Go Home,” “Defend Calais” and “No way,”, and at least 12 protesters were detained by riot police. <ref> Anon., [https://www.rt.com/news/335338-calais-fire-migrants-protest/ 'Protesters block migrant routes to Calais, demand end to ‘invasion in Europe’ (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)'], ''RT News'', 12 March 2016. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref> | ||
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Their actions and militaristic outlook strongly resemble that of [[Britain First]]. | Their actions and militaristic outlook strongly resemble that of [[Britain First]]. | ||
Revision as of 10:00, 14 September 2016
Génération Identitaire is a small French anti-Muslim and right-wing extremist group. It was founded in September 2012. The group emanates from the European-wide "Identitarian Bloc" founded in 2003 by the ex-leaders of Unité Radicale (UR) - Fabrice Robert. UR had been dissolved a year earlier, as Maxime Brunerie, who was close to the movement, had attempted to murder the president Jacques Chirac. [1]
Leaders of the organisation include Julien Langella and Pierre Larti.
Contents
Ideology
Focusing their appeal towards French youth, they claim to be the "first line of resistance against mass immigration" ("Génération Identitaire est la première ligne de la résistance"), and urges younger people in France to "fight for their identity" and for the "reconquest" ("notre idéal est la reconquête") of their country. They insist on the fact that youth plays a central, executive role in the movement, unlike other parties. ("Dans les partis politiques, les jeunes sont la main d’œuvre. Au sein de Génération Identitaire, nous sommes la tête et les coeurs.")
They believe France is being attacked by a government that wishes to impose a uniformity of culture by not curbing immigration, by teaching history classes that prevent people from loving their country, and by advocating for a failing 'multi-culturalism'. The group's statement also claims to be fighting against the "racaille", or "riffraff" [2] and that France is in danger of 'Islamification'. [3] Their views are clear on their website, which states: “We do not want more immigration from outside Europe or new mosque construction on French soil”.
Actions
The group focuses on direct and confrontational actions.
It first made headlines in November 2012 when around 60 member occupied the construction site of a new mosque to protest against the influence of Islam in France in the town of Poitiers. They climbed onto the building's roof and displayed a banner marked with “732 generation identity” in reference to the year 732, when Charles Martel halted the advance of the invading Muslim army to the north of Poitiers. [4] In an interview, Langella said: "The political elite has to understand that it's a fight to the death because it's a matter of survival." [5]
In October 2015, they 'occupied' the roof of a future 'house of welcome' for traveller people near Lyon. They deployed a banner where was written "Saint-Genis will not be Calais", although no traveller population inhabits the "Jungle". [6]
In November of the same year they 'occupied' the roof of a former retirement home meant to house a hundred refugees in Triel-sur-Seine. They claimed it was outrageous that senior citizens ad to be displaced in the name of 'migrants' they did not believe to be fleeting war, but to be 'economic' migrants. [7]
More actions of the same type have been committed by the group. [8]
Since 2014 they have multiplied "security operations" in French tube lines (Lille, Nantes, Lyon and Paris), which consist of around twenty members occupying a metro for little more than an hour, dressed in yellow raincoats marked with their group's logo. They claim to do so to defend people from the "riffraff", which their multiple actions and videos clearly equate with Muslims, asylum seekers, and traveller populations.
Their obsession with security is also shown with the 'training' and 'auto-defence' camps that they regularly run, and the gym rooms they open, exclusively for “les jeunes FDS (Français de souche)”, i.e. non-immigrant youth. [9]
In March 2016, more than a hundred protesters blocked several routes for migrants to Calais with burning tyres. The members of the group were carrying banners with the slogans “Go Home,” “Defend Calais” and “No way,”, and at least 12 protesters were detained by riot police. [10]
Their actions and militaristic outlook strongly resemble that of Britain First.
HeadQuarters
The group has plans to open a new bar in the centre of Lille, just 200 metres from the Grand Palais, in September 2016. Their center will contain a boxing gym, a cinema, and a library, mainly planned to function like a headquarters for the group's supporters in the northern city.
The bar, called La Citadelle, is scheduled to open amidst complaints by locals and a petition launched against it. [11]
References
- ↑ Anon., 'Génération identitaire, émanation toute récente du Bloc identitaire', The Huffington Post, 20 October 2012. Accessed 14 September 2016.
- ↑ https://www.generation-identitaire.com/generation-identitaire-2/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/G_IDENTITAIRE
- ↑ Anon., 'French far-right group storms site of new mosque', France 24, 20 October 2012. Accessed 14 September 2016.
- ↑ Dale Hurd, Generation Identity' Wages War on France Islamization' CBN News, 10 December 2012. Accessed 14 September 2016.
- ↑ Anon. 'Des militants de Génération identitaire "occupent" un futur village de Roms', The Huffington Post, 24 October 2015. Accessed 14 September 2016.
- ↑ Anon. - 'Triel-sur-Seine : l'opération anti-migrants de Génération identitaire', Le Parisien, 08 November 2015. Accessed 14 September 2016.
- ↑ Anon, 'Génération identitaire déploie une banderole anti-immigration sur un bâtiment européen à Paris' BFM TV, 23 May 2015. Accessed 14 September 2016.
- ↑ Anon., 'Génération identitaire: au coeur de la campagne “antiracailles” qui veut “sécuriser” le métro', Les Inrocks, 28 June 2014. Accessed 14 September 2016.
- ↑ Anon., 'Protesters block migrant routes to Calais, demand end to ‘invasion in Europe’ (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)', RT News, 12 March 2016. Accessed 14 September 2016.
- ↑ Anon, 'Locals fight to block opening of far-right bar in central Lille' The Local, 12 September 2016. Accessed 14 September 2016.
