Question 13251 — associations and foundations

Summary

Mr. Thomas Portes questions the Minister of the Interior on the state of the investigations concerning the activities and people linked to the place called “Taverne de Thor”, located in Combres-sous-les-Côtes (Meuse). For several years, this premises has been reported by citizen groups, local elected officials and by several press investigations as a gathering place for members of the neo-Nazi movement known as “Hammerskins”, an international network established in several European and North American countries. Events of an ideological nature are organized there, as well as rallies and sporting competitions which have served as a meeting point for activists from different French regions and neighboring countries. In September 2023, the German authorities proceeded to ban the national branch of the “Hammerskins” on their territory, citing the spread of a neo-Nazi ideology. In France, certain organizations close to this movement have already been the subject of administrative dissolution on the basis of article L. 212-1 of the internal security code. Press articles also mentioned the participation of activists from small groups that had been dissolved or banned. In view of these elements, he questions him about the number of legal proceedings currently opened concerning acts likely to have been committed in this place. He also questions him about ongoing investigations into facts relating in particular to the apology of crimes against humanity, incitement to hatred or criminal association. He would like to know the number of individual administrative measures taken against people identified as organizers or regular participants in these meetings as well as on the cooperation possibly undertaken with foreign authorities regarding transnational members of this movement. Finally, he questions him about the means mobilized to prevent the de facto reconstitution of dissolved groups and to ensure the safety of the inhabitants of the municipality concerned.

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