It is undoubtedly a moment that he wanted to minimize in his agenda as an undeclared candidate: Eric Zemmour will be tried this Wednesday by the Paris Criminal Court for his comments on minor migrants. In this case, he is being prosecuted 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 former Charlie Hebdo premises, the columnist declared: “they have nothing to do here, they are thieves , they are murderers, they are rapists, that’s all they are, they must be sent away and they must not even come ”. According to his lawyers, the Maurrassian only “reiterated with different words” the concerns expressed by the authorities on delinquency linked to unaccompanied minors.
Absent at the hearing
The hearing should have been held on September 8 but was postponed due to the large number of civil parties. About thirty of them were formed, including the SOS Racisme associations, the Human Rights League (LDH) and the Maison des Potes, as well as about twenty departmental councils, unaccompanied minors being taken care of. by social assistance for children, managed by the departments.
However, Eric Zemmour’s communication campaign has since started. The polemicist even had to leave his daily show on CNews, and he will not be present at the hearing this Wednesday. “He will not be present, in order to prevent the judicial compound from turning into a continuous news TV studio,” said his lawyer, Me Olivier Pardo. The young supporters of Eric Zemmour, “Generation Z”, however planned a rally in front of the court at 08:45.