The small ultra-right group Division Martel was dissolved on Wednesday, December 6, in the Council of Ministers, announced the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, on his account is formed during the second half of 2022 and has around thirty members, advocates a fight through violence “against antifa and people of immigrant background or presumed Muslims” For “promote the advent of nationalist and xenophobic supremacy”.
“The group propagates ideas justifying discrimination and hatred towards foreign people or French people of immigrant background, in particular by their assimilation to delinquents or criminalsit is written in the decree. This ideology results in a permanent search for confrontation materializing through the organization of punitive operations against these people. » “This small group incites violence and racial hatred. He has no place in our Republic”underlined the Minister of the Interior on Wednesday, still on X.
At the end of the council of ministers, at midday on Wednesday, the government spokesperson, Olivier Véran, mentioned this dissolution by declaring that “the actions and calls for revenge, the hate speech of these small groups constitute a serious, proven threat to public order and the State is showing itself to be intractable.” “The safety of our fellow citizens is at stake. It is also about maintaining our rule of law”continued Mr. Véran.
Plan for attacks against North African supporters in 2022
The small group had notably planned to attack North African supporters on the sidelines of the France-Morocco match during the Football World Cup in 2022. The dissolution decree published by Mr. Darmanin also mentions the“punitive expedition” led by “ultra-right individuals” on November 25 in a district of Romans-sur-Isère, where suspects in the murder of young Thomas, in Crépol, are suspected of living.
Mr. Darmanin stressed to Agence France-Presse at the end of November that “the services had been working for several months” on the Martel Division, including one person “is suspected of having contributed to on-site coordination” events in Romans-Sur-Isère.
First called Legionnaires Paris, the Martel Division, present mainly in Ile-de-France and made up among others of former members of the Zouaves Paris, had recently changed its name in reference to the battle of Poitiers in 732, during which Charles Martel put an end to the Arab invasion, reports the decree.