Dissolution process begins for Soral's group

The French Interior Ministry has started a process to dissolve the association Égalité&Réconciliation, linked to far-right writer Alain Soral. This follows recent reports connecting Soral to antisemitic remarks attributed to Jordan Bardella, a far-right politician.

Interior Ministry accuses the group of promoting harmful ideologies

In a letter to Soral, the Interior Ministry claims that Égalité&Réconciliation continues the "national-socialist thought" of its founder. It alleges the group spreads ideas that justify or encourage discriminatory and hateful speech, including calls for violence against Jewish people, immigrants, women, and the LGBT community.

Soral calls the move an unfair persecution

Soral criticized the dissolution as an "unjust persecution." He expressed outrage on X, calling it a logical outcome of what he describes as a "dictatorship of the minority" in France. He compared the current situation to pre-war times, suggesting his group is being driven underground like the Resistance during historical conflicts.

Soral's legal history and the group's alleged statements

Soral has faced multiple convictions in France and was recently sentenced in Switzerland for antisemitic and homophobic remarks. He cited examples of denialist and conspiratorial statements from the association, including those that apologize for nazism and incite violence or hatred against Jewish people, the LGBT community, immigrants, and women.

Legal preparations underway for the hearing

The association's website reports that its lawyer is preparing "observations" to present at a hearing at Place Beauvau, where the dissolution process will be reviewed.