Long-time readers will remember Eric Zemmour as the popular French commentator who often appeared in this space in subtitled videos from talk shows on French TV. More recently, of course, he ran for president, but failed in his bid to prevent the re-election of Emmanuel “Toy Boy” Macron.
Now the French establishment has finalized its revenge against Mr. Zemmour: his conviction for insulting Muslims has been upheld by the European Court of Human Rights.
Many thanks to Gary Fouse for translating this article from the French website Marianne:
“Choice between Islam and France”: The ECHR refuses to annul the conviction of Zemmour
by Marianne, with Agence France Press
December 20, 2022The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against the controversial commentator Eric Zemmour on Tuesday and validated his conviction under French justice for incitement to discriminate and religious hate against the Muslim community after his remarks on France 5 in 2016.
Bad times for Eric Zemmour. On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against the president of the Reconquest party and validated his conviction by the French justice system for incitement to discriminate against the Muslim community after his remarks made on France 5 in 2016. The Court held that the French courts had not violated the freedom of expression of the candidate in the last presidential election. The former journalist had made the referenced remarks on September 16, 2016 on the program “C a vous”, broadcast live at 7pm on France 5, as part of the promotion of his book entitled Five years for nothing.
In particular, he stated that Muslims must be given “the choice between Islam and France,” and that France had been living “for the last thirty years under an invasion,” affirming that “in countless French suburbs where numerous young girls are veiled,” there is being played out, “a fight to Islamize a territory, a jihad.” He had been initially sentenced by the Paris Criminal Court to a €5,000 fine for “incitement to discriminate, to hatred or violence against a group of people for reason of their origin or adherence to a religion.” The sentence had been reduced to €3,000 on appeal. The Court of Cassation had then rejected his appeal.
Discriminatory Intention
The ECHR, the judicial arm of the Council of Europe, “holds that these remarks were not limited to a critique of Islam, but contained, given the context of terrorist attacks in which they were made, a discriminatory intention of a nature to call on the listeners to the rejection and exclusion of the Muslim community. Note that in 2020, Eric Zemmour himself had labeled the ECHR as “the source of evil,” in the fight against immigration. On the CNews program he then declared, “Not all of the unaccompanied minors are rapists, thieves, murderers, but since there are many who become so, the French people must be protected.” What would be good, according to him, would be “to leave the European Court of Human Rights”. “It is the ECHR and the European Convention on the Rights of Children that keep us from deporting anyone.” It is not sure whether the Court’s decision will improve the esteem of the polemicist for this institution.
Find out who belongs to this abomination ECHR and do what is necessary. Warfare always beats lawfare.
When one strikes at the king, one cannot fail.
Just more proof if any was needed, that when the general discontent that’s bubbling beneath the thin veneer of western society finally erupts into revolution and open warfare, there can be no quarter given to those who have brought us to this point.
As JFK once said “those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable”. The ECHR, along with their masters in the European managerial class, the elites who fund them all and direct them, and the same bunches of rogues in America will need to be hunted down and made to face justice for their crimes and treason against their countrymen.
My prediction for 2023 is that Madame Guillotine and Monsieur Parabellum will be exceedingly busy servicing customers amongst the aforementioned classes.
There is no question that when this blows up in the faces of our so called elites that the regular volk won’t be in the mood for mercy or quarter.
Baron,
I would like to ask you about an off-topic. It´s about the next US presidential election. Trump is going to run again, but the centainly there will be fraud and so he is going to lose.
Will it be accepted as normal and with resignation by the population?
Alej
That’s a good question.
It looks like the existing polarization will become even more extreme. Trump supporters will be even more irate. But a large block of “conservatives” will be relieved that Trump didn’t win, and will look forward to the 2026 midterms, when they know they will be certain to win, just like they did this year.
The thing is, it’s really hard to make predictions, because a general collapse is looming, assuming that the warmongers don’t get their nuclear war first. So looking ahead towards those elections, as if we were even going to have normal elections, is problematic.
One thing I’m certain of, though: In whatever elections remain to us, voter fraud will rule the day from now on in.
Loved the final sentence of your post, Baron. Who says Americans don’t do irony?
We need a new Franco Prussian War.
Interesting you mention that war. As it seems, this was the last war where chivalry was practised. I can not vouch for the totality of battles. One event I remember: the defender of the french fort of Bitche ( not kidding) , a captain, had to surrender and hand over his sword( yes) .
The german commander of that battle theatre was a prussian prince who invited the captured captain and handed his sword back in a ceremony to the owner and praised him for his bravery. Cheers.