Senator Stéphane Ravier fined 3,000 euros for defamation against SOS Méditerranée. Ravier accused the NGO providing assistance to refugees in distress at sea “of being complicit in human trafficking” In addition to the fine, the senator now joined Eric Zemmour's party was ordered to pay the symbolic sum of one euro for moral damage.
The far-right Reconquest! senator indicated that he would appeal this decision. The court sentenced two of the Génération Identitaire activists on October 20, 2022 to prison terms of up to one year.