Éric Zemmour fined 15,000 euros for comments on immigration in 2019. 2022 presidential candidate had described the veil and the djellaba as “the uniforms of an army of occupation” The Paris Court of Appeal found him guilty of public insults based on origin, ethnicity, nation, race or religion, as well as provocation to racial hatred.
He will also have to pay 1000 euros in damages and 2000 euros in procedural costs to four anti-racist associations. For Samuel Thomas, the president of the association La Maison des potes, civil party, this conviction is a “great victory”