2023-11-29 01:59:52
Romans-sur-Isère, Rennes, Reims, Lyon… In recent days, the outings of the French ultra-right have multiplied. Behind the stated demand to do “justice” to Thomas – the young boy killed in a village ball in Crépol – these mobilizations were an opportunity to brandish xenophobic slogans such as “immigration kills” or “Islam outside Europe”.
Enough to make people react right up to the top of the state. This Tuesday, guest of the France Inter morning show, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin declared that he was going to propose the dissolution of three small ultra-right groups, including the Martel Division. “1,300 people are on S file in France for ultra-right” and “13 ultra-right attacks have been foiled since 2017”, detailed the minister while specifying that “this has nothing to do with the proportion of Islamist attacks foiled” .
The only named small group, the Martel Division
For now, the minister has only revealed the name of one of the small groups affected by this possible dissolution: the Martel Division. This small group, which takes its name from military leader Charles Martel, was formed in 2022 and is mainly made up of young men. “The youngest of them is 14 years old and the oldest is thirty,” underlines Emmanuel Casajus, sociologist specializing in the radical far right.
According to Release et Street PressLéo Rivière-Prost, member of the Martel Division nicknamed “big bacon”, would be one of the instigators of the descent on Saturday evening in Romans-sur-Isère.
According to Libération, some members were present last April in Saint-Brévin-les-Pins (Loire-Atlantique), during the rally against the installation of a reception center for asylum seekers. On the evening of the Football World Cup match between France and Morocco, a member of the Martel Division was also arrested for trying to attack Moroccan supporters.
Local elected officials demand the dissolution of the Remparts Lyon
Another faction that could be in the sights of the authorities: the Remparts. This small group from Lyon – also present in Tours – was born in September 2021, from the ashes of Générations Identitaire (GI), a radical far-right organization known in particular for its actions against migrants. Certain GI figures are now Remparts executives. This is particularly the case of the Franco-Serbian Sinisha Milinov, or even of Adrien R., known as Adrien Lassalle.
Remparts is among the organizers of the demonstration which was held this Monday in Lyon, despite the ban from the Rhône prefecture. Of the videos of the mobilization were broadcast on the groupuscule Facebook page.
From December 2022, ten deputies from the Renaissance group and the Territoire de Progress party sent a letter to Gérald Darmanin to request the dissolution of the small group and the closure of their HQ, located at the La Traboule bar, in old Lyon. In November 2023, several elected officials, including Renaissance deputy Thomas Rudigoz, again requested their dissolution and the closure of Traboule.
In Brittany, Oriflamme Rennes or Korrigans Squad
Between the demonstration in Romans-sur-Isère and that in Lyon, around thirty identity activists also gathered this Sunday in Rennes. Some of these demonstrators would be close to Oriflamme, a small royalist group from Rennes, dissident of Action français. Sunday evening’s descent could also be the work of Korringans Squad, another Breton identity group.
On social networks, Oriflamme presents itself as a movement which “brings together all those who are committed to saving our nation and our civilization”. In October, the small group claimed to have damaged the entrance to the Communist Party premises in Rennes. Posters with the inscription “traitors to France, murderous communists” had been stuck on the gate.
Vandal Besak, originally from Besançon
According to Street Press, three of the people arrested in Romans-sur-Isère this Saturday belong to the small far-right group Vandal Besak. Originally from Besançon (Doubs), Vandal Besak was the subject of a complaint from the mayor (EELV) Anne Vignot for having placed stickers bearing their image on an association bar in the city.
For Emmanuel Casajus, author of the book Style and violence in the radical far right, dissolution is however not the ideal solution “to fight against the violence of the radical far right”. “The dissolution is quite ineffective, as we saw at the time of the dissolution of Génération Identitaire, which reformed through other groups. As long as these people can meet in premises and interact on platforms like Telegram, it is difficult to prevent their actions,” he tempers.
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