The deputy (ex-RN) Daniel Grenon sentenced to a nice of three,000 euros for discriminatory remarks in the direction of the Maghreb binationals | EUROtoday

The 1ᵉʳ July 2024, between the 2 towers of the legislative elections the place he brooded his renewal, and in full debate in France on the binationals, the deputy Daniel Grenon (then member of the National Rally, RN) had declared: “There are people who find themselves Maghreb, who’ve returned to energy, in ministers, and so on. So, I really feel that these individuals wouldn’t have their place within the excessive locations. So. Well, afterwards, the binational Maghreb, he has his place in France. He has it. But not within the excessive locations. »»

Friday, May 2, Mr. Grenon was sentenced to a nice of three,000 euros, in Sens (Yonne), for having made these remarks. He had pronounced them throughout a debate organized by the native newspaper The Republican Yonnearousing a vigorous controversy till the RN.

The legal court docket has accompanied the sentence of damages of 1,500 euros for every of the three civil events, the motion towards racism and for the friendship between the Peoples (MRAP) of the Yonne, the League for Human Rights and the International League towards Racism and Anti -Semitism.

At the time, Jordan Bardella certified the phrases of Mr. Grenon as“Abjects”and ranked the deputy among the many “Grainteen sheep” of the social gathering. The deputy, regardless of the controversy, had been re -elected with 51.38 % of the votes. Last fall, he was excluded from the RN.

The pronounced nice is double the requisitions (1,500 euros), on April 17, of the general public prosecutor. Mr. Grenon appeared for “Public provocation for discrimination” And “Public insult” due to “The origin, of ethnicity, nation, race or religion”.

“Mr. Grenon’s racism is not soft”

“What seems important to us to mark is that Mr. Grenon’s racism is not soft »»reacted to the agency France-Presse (AFP) Agnès Cluzel, president of the Mrap de l’Yonne, expressing her contentment after the judgment. “This is an ideology anchored in its functioning for many years”she added about this 76-year-old man.

The environmentalist Florence Loury, defeat candidate of the united left to the legislative elections against Mr. Grenon, had qualified his opponent as “Racist”.

His words “Do not come below racial hatred”had defended Daniel Grenon’s lawyer at the hearing, Jean-Marc Ponelle, evoking the political context at the time, in particular within the framework of the proposals of RN laws on binationality.

For his part, the interested party had struggled to clarify the meaning of his words. “If there’s a battle, the binational can resolve to depart”he said.