Éric Zemmour in court. The far-right polemicist and hypothetical presidential candidate is summoned, Wednesday, November 17, to the Paris Criminal Court to be tried for his comments on unaccompanied minor migrants, whom he described on CNews as “thieves, rapists and murderers”.
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However, he will not come to the hearing, which opens at 9:30 am, and will be represented by his lawyers, one of them told AFP. “He will not be present, in order to prevent the judicial compound from turning into a continuous news TV studio”, said Olivier Pardo.
The young supporters of Eric Zemmour, gathered in the Generation Z group, have scheduled a rally in front of the court at 8.45 am. Used to controversial outings and legal proceedings, Eric Zemmour was this time summoned to appear by the prosecution for complicity in provocation to racial hatred and racial insult, for comments made on Cnews on September 29, 2020.
During a debate on the program “Face à l’Info” on unaccompanied minors after an attack in front of the ex-locals of Charlie Hebdo, the chronicler said: “They have nothing to do here, they are thieves, they are murderers, they are rapists, that’s all they are, they must be sent back and they must not even come”.
The hearing should have been held on September 8, but it was postponed due to the large number of civil parties. Among them, the SOS Racisme associations, the Human Rights League (LDH) and the Maison des Potes, as well as around twenty departmental councils, unaccompanied minors being taken care of by social assistance for children, managed by the departments.