The Far Right Candidate in the Presidential had stated in October 2019 on CNEWS that Marshal Petain had saved French Jews.
Le Monde with AFP
The extreme right polemicist and presidential candidate, Eric Zemmour, must be judged on appeal on Thursday, January 20 for Crime Contestation against Humanity, after holding in October 2019 on CNEWS that Marshal Philippe Pétain had ” saved “French Jews.
Eric Zemmour will not be present at the hearing before the Paris Court of Appeal, scheduled at 1:30 pm, “said his Olivier Pardo lawyer at the France-Presse Agency. Ms. Pardo hopes to get a reference, in the context of the presidential election, for what he describes as “Opinion Office”, he said.
This new judicial appointment occurs three days after the conviction of Eric Zemmour for provocation to hatred by the Paris court, for its exit on isolated migrant minors. He immediately appealed.
In the case of the comments on Petain “Savior” of the Jews, the ex-star chronicler of CNEWS had been relaxed in February 2021, the Tribunal considering that they had been pronounced “burned-perpast during a debate on the war in Syria “.
The court had nevertheless acknowledged that his words contained “the negation of [Petain] participation in the Jews’ extermination policy led by the Nazi regime”. The parquet had appealed.
The remarks were held in 2019 in a debate on the CNEWS chain facing the Bernard-Henri Lévy philosopher. “One day, in another show, you have dared to say that Petain had saved French Jews. It is a monstrosity, it is revisionism,” took away “BHL”. “It’s again the real, I’m sorry,” the polemist replied.
Condemned three times for provocation to hatred
At the first instance hearing in December 2020, Éric Zemmour had defended from any dispute of crimes against humanity and felt that the debate on the role of Vichy towards the French Jewish citizens had to be decided by the historians and not by justice.
Sabrina Goldman, Licra lawyer, civil part alongside other anti-racist associations had denounced a judgment “which recognizes the negationist of the words” but pronounced the relaxation even as Mr. Zemmour “had confirmed or even aggravated, his remarks during his audience “.
The controversial outings of Eric Zemmour, 63, forced in mid-September to leave CNEWS because of its presidential ambitions, have earned it for about ten years a fortnight of lawsuits. Several times relaxed, he was sentenced three times for provocation to hatred.