Génération Identitaire: The fight for Europe and against migration

“Youth who oppose immigration and Islamization” – a characterization of the French Génération Identitaire mission, a movement now caught in the crosshairs of the French government. Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin recently vowed to do everything in his power to disband the right-wing movement. However, spokeswoman of the organization, Thaïs d’Escufon revealed to our paper that there’s no way the government will shut them down: their organization functions fully in accordance with the law.

– explained Thaïs d’Escufon in relation to this, insinuating that the organization has nothing to hide. Despite the French woman’s young age, she professionally defends against harsh attacks, criticisms, and threats, not only from the political elite, but also from opinion leaders of social media. So, if the French Minister of the Interior wants to act within the law, he will have a hard time achieving his goal; Génération Identitaire has been very careful to ensure that their actions are always fully legal. While some offenses are committed knowingly, these are done solely for the purpose of raising awareness; they are never involved in violent crime. Usually, the only punishable offense of their banner-wielding protests is climbing onto a roof without permission. – Our activists undergo regular training to make sure we act with discipline, preparedness and calmness during our actions – elaborated the spokeswoman. D’Escufon also said they ensure their activists don’t damage anything, attack anyone, or provoke police or anyone else. Even their messaging is nonviolent – as opposed to the mass-migration they combat which is producing a population change in France and carrying the threat of Islamist terrorism.

“White lives matter” and “Justice for the victims of anti- white racism” wrote the movement’s banners displayed on the top of a building, last June during a Black Lives Matter protest (which was held illegally).

Antifa members immediately attacked them, while the crowd of twenty- thousand illegal protestors cheered on the attackers, and the police stood by idly watching. In the end, the Génération Identitaire activists were brought in by the police in a barred bus.

– Since Islamist organizations were disbanded, they now want to balance things out – said Thaïs d’Escufon. However, the double standard arises here too: neither the Black Lives Matter protestors nor the Antifa members were threatened by French authorities.

– The Interior Minister wants to be liked by the left

– said the young spokeswoman. – This isn’t the first time they want to disband us, but they can’t find a legal reason – she continued. – If they did manage to do so, we would find a way to go on fighting. We would find a way to keep up the fight for France and Europe against migration – stated d’Escufon. She added: the battle would not end there, they would continue.

The authorities will most definitely continue monitoring the movement, waiting for a chance to find some incriminating evidence in the activist network. But the irony in all of this is that two individuals from the opposing camp haven’t had that much luck with the law. Firstly, an Arab youth who calls himself Acrobate94 – who attacked the Génération Identitaire activists together with Antifa and took down the banner – has been accused of violent crimes. Secondly, Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin himself has gotten mixed up in a similar case. The Minister determined to break up Génération Identitaire has been accused since 2018 of rape, sexual harassment and abuse of trust.

The author is the Editor-in-Chief of the Visegrad Post