French Holocaust survivor condemns far-right anti-vaccine protests
On Sunday, July 18, a memorial service was held at the Square of Jewish Martyrs in Paris. This was part of the commemorations marking Memorial Day for the victims of racism and anti-Semitism in France. This occurred one day after Saturday’s far-right protests against the Macron government’s planned “health pass,” which will require individuals to present confirmation of double vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test to enter a range of public venues.
At this ceremony, 94-year-old Holocaust survivor Joseph Szwarc publicly denounced the comparisons made at the protest between anti-vaccination campaigners and the 6 million European Jews murdered during the Second World War. Of the 75,000 French Jews rounded up by Vichy French and Nazi forces and deported, only 3,000 returned to France at the war’s end. The Nazi-collaborationist Vichy regime required Jews in France to wear a yellow star, singling them
Jean-Luc Mélenchon supports anti-vaccine protest called by French neofascists
On July 17, tens of thousands participated in protest in France against mandatory coronavirus vaccination and social distancing restrictions. The protests were called and supported by neo-fascist figures, including Marion Maréchal Le Pen and Florian Philippot, the leader of the Patriots Party.
The protest took place against the backdrop of a rise of COVID-19 across Europe, driven by the delta variant. The Macron government is rejecting scientifically-based social distancing policies including, the closure of non-essential workplaces and schools. Rather, Macron proposes only that health workers be vaccinated and that a “health pass” demonstrating either complete vaccination, or a recent negative test result, or recent recovery from the virus before entering restaurants and social events. Maréchal Le Pen and Philippot have themselves denounced obligatory vaccination and any social restriction aimed a
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At Saturday’s pro-GI rally, Florian Philippot, the president of the Patriots Party and former ally of Marine Le Pen, addressed the crowd.
The group also received messages of support from a number of leading figures in Le Pen’s National Rally.
Dries Van Langenhove, a controversial Belgian parliamentarian from the far-right Vlaams Belang party, also attended.
Videos posted on social media of the protest show GI activists kicking and punching a counter-demonstrator on the ground.
Les militants #GenerationIdentitaire ont lynché au sol un antifa. Il a pris plusieurs coups de pied au visage et plusieurs coups de poing. La #police est intervenue pour séparer, les militants #GenerationIdentitaire ont pris la fuite. #DenfertRochereaupic.twitter.com/V388lwr3jg
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