The small group the Zouaves Paris and the two associations of the Allonnes mosque dissolved

Europe 1 with AFP 4:17 p.m., January 5, 2022, modified at 4:20 p.m., January 5, 2022

The ultra-right group the Zouaves Paris, suspected in particular of being involved in the violence committed during the meeting of Eric Zemmour in Villepinte in December, was dissolved Wednesday in the Council of Ministers, announced the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin . On Twitter, Gérald Darmanin accused the small group of calling "to hatred and violence". The decree of dissolution accuses this informal group, which appeared in 2017 and brings together around twenty members, of being "at the origin of numerous and recurring violent acts", of "propagating an openly racist discourse" and of regularly broadcasting " images showing the symbols of Nazi ideology ".

The de facto group "the Zouaves Paris" was dissolved this morning in the Council of Ministers, in accordance with the instructions of the President of the Republic.

As detailed in the decree I presented, this de facto group called for hatred and violence.

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- Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) January 5, 2022

A small group like the "hooligans"

The publications of this rally fan of lightning actions in the image of "hooligans" defend "the concept of superiority of 'white'", according to the decree.

The small group, nicknamed the ZVP, was born from the gathering of former members of the Union Defense Group (GUD), of the Social Bastion and of Generation Identity, both dissolved.

Still according to the decree, the Zouaves Paris "promote violent behavior against homosexuals and transsexuals through their publications".

Suspected of being involved in the violence that targeted SOS Racisme activists during Eric Zemmour's electoral meeting in Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis) last month, the alleged leader of the group, Marc de Cacqueray-Valmenier, was indicted for willful violence in mid-December.

Violence on the sidelines of the Zemmour meeting

On December 5, in the middle of the speech of the far-right presidential candidate, several SOS Racisme activists who had exhibited "No to racism" T-shirts had been the victims of punches and throwing of chairs by supporters of the speaker.

Before this action, the ZVP had participated in the demonstration of December 1, 2018 of "yellow vests", the most violent and marked by the sacking of the Arc de Triomphe.

For his "participation in a group with a view to committing degradation" during this, Marc de Cacqueray-Valmenier was sentenced to six months suspended prison sentence with 105 hours of community service (TIG).

The ZVP also claimed responsibility for the attack with baseball bats and tear gas aerosols on the Saint-Sauveur bar, an emblematic place of the anti-fascist movement in the Ménilmontant district in Paris.

Mosque of Allonnes: the two managing associations dissolved

The two managing associations of the Allonnes mosque (Sarthe), closed for six months at the end of October, which are suspected of "relations with the radical Islamist movement", were dissolved Wednesday in the Council of Ministers, announced Gerald Darmanin. The Minister of the Interior also estimated on Twitter that the "Allonnaise association for the Juste Milieu" and the Al Qalam association "incite to hatred".

The Allonnes mosque, near Le Mans, which hosts around 300 worshipers, was closed for six months by prefectural decision at the end of October because it was suspected of legitimizing armed jihad or terrorism during its sermons.

This closure was validated at the end of November by the Council of State.

According to the dissolution decree, the two associations "promote a radical practice of Islam, legitimizing the use of armed jihad, death as a martyr as well as the establishment of Sharia" and "legitimizing terrorist attacks".