In Paris, the hindered tribute to the far-right ideologue Dominique Venner

A policeman blocks access to Notre-Dame after the suicide of far-right figure Dominique Venner in Paris on May 21, 2013. LP / PHILIPPE DE POULPIQUET / PHOTOPQR/LE PARISIEN

There is no age to carry out its first dispersal. Jean-Yves Le Gallou, 74, one of the theoreticians of the extreme right who worked for the National Front and more recently Reconquête!, lends himself to it reluctantly, Sunday May 21 in front of the Wagram Pavilion (17e district of Paris). The day before, following the instructions of the Ministry of the Interior concerning far-right gatherings, the prefect of police banned the colloquium organized in memory of Dominique Vennertutelary figure of identity and defender of racialist theses, ten years after his suicide in Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.

At 2:56 p.m., following the police instructions, Jean-Yves Le Gallou addresses the thirty people who are cursing on a piece of sidewalk against “the end of freedom of expression” : “Insofar as there are thought cops here, in this case [les journalistes de l’émission] “Daily”, I invite you to disperse in the nearby bistros. And beware of these guys! »

In the small troop, a man is responsible for taking photos of the journalists present. Recently invited to a colloquium of the National Rally at the European Parliament, the organizer of the meeting, Claude Chollet, secretary general of the Iliade Institute, also runs a website devoted to the surveillance of journalists. His interim release before the Paris administrative court, hastily written the night before, remained unanswered before the scheduled time of the colloquium. He disputed it “the very great attack that this decree has on freedom of embly and freedom of expression”.

The prefect, Laurent Nuñez, notably justified the ban by the past conviction of Dominique Venner – when he was active within the Organization of the Secret Army (OAS) – as well as the call for revolt contained in his farewell letter: “I kill myself to awaken slumbering consciences. I rebel against the crime aimed at replacing the population. » The risk of statements inciting hatred and ethnic or racial discrimination is also put forward. Dominique Venner was worried about the disappearance of “European identity” which he defined as strictly white.

Call for the “awakening of Europeans”

“None of the planned speakers has ever been sentenced for these reasonssays Jean-Yves Le Gallou. M. Darmanin presumes the possible guilt of people a priori; it is a substitution of the criminal judge by the administrative court. » Conclusion : “It’s North Korea. » The previous weekend, the police headquarters had banned six gatherings. A symposium and a demonstration organized by the Action française had finally been able to take place, after the green light from the administrative justice.

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