Éric Zemmour - LICRA Sues After All

Éric Zemmour, the journalist who tells the truth (review my posts here and here), is in fact being sued by LICRA (International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism) after an initial decision by the organization not to pursue legal action. According to an article at François Desouche:

The federal council of LICRA met on Saturday April 17 and decided to pursue legal action against Éric Zemmour for remarks he made on April 6 on television channels Canal + and France Ô.

Éric Zemmour had declared: "Most drug traffickers are blacks and Arabs," adding "it's a fact" and "discrimination is life". "They have the right", he also added, speaking of those who discriminate.

LICRA has asked its lawyers to take the case to the Common Pleas Court.

SOS Racism, MRAP, the DOM Collective (this sounds like a group representing overseas departments), the FMF (Federation for French "mixité"), and Thierry Ardisson (the host of the TV show where Zemmour made the remarks) are also suing Eric Zemmour.

Note: I had never heard of the FMF, and the word "mixité" can refer to mixing men and women, or mixing races. I don't believe it includes the notion of "miscegenation" as the word "métissage" does, but nowadays the two words are becoming interchangeable. The easiest way to translate "mixité" is "co-ed" or "diversity". The FMF is headed by one Akim Mimoun, who writes at the groups' website:

I am happy to welcome you to the site of the Federation for French "mixité", an association specialized in questions of equality, solidarity, fraternity and promotion of diversity. Today our country must take into account the changes in French society, for the France of yesterday is not the France of today. (...) As an active participant in associations, I want to prove that "Mixité" is an enrichment for our country and that difference is a strength. Just as I am convinced that what brings us together is more important that what resembles us. (...)

Note: French readers who visit the site will have to listen to an obnoxious rap song that will give you an idea of what the FMF is about.

A rally is being held today (Thursday) in support of Éric Zemmour at the LICRA headquarters, 42 rue du Louvre, in Paris. Below is a 45-second video announcing the rally: