Four activists from the far-right Action Française movement, including an ex-RN regional councilor, will appear before the Toulouse Criminal Court for a violent eruption into the Occitanie Regional Council, the prosecution said on Friday.
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They will be judged on December 10 for "
insult to people holding public authority and willful violence not having resulted in ITT, committed in a meeting on people charged with a public service mission
," said the Toulouse prosecutor. Dominique Alzéari. However, he did not reveal the identity of the elected official in question.
On March 25, nine activists had managed to break into the building "
with the proven aim of disrupting the holding of the current plenary assembly
". "
Led on the spot by two elected members of the regional assembly and provided with a megaphone as well as a banner on which were inscribed: Islamo-leftists, traitors to France, these individuals claiming to be part of the French Action succeeded in s 'introduce up to the entrance of the hemicycle and insulted in the same terms
' the president of the Occitanie Region Carole Delga and the elected officials present, continues Dominique Alzéari in a press release. "
Violence was committed against several agents,
" he adds.
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The regional advisor who is among the activists tried at the end of 2021 is called Emmanuel Crenne, he was elected in the 2015 regional elections on the list of the National Rally, before slamming the door of the group during his mandate.
This former UMP then RN was known for his invectives against the president of the region, Carole Delga.
The latter, who is seeking a new mandate in the June poll, lodged a complaint, recalling that she had on several occasions been the target of threats, including death threats, from the far right.
Four "
alleged perpetrators
" have been identified and will be tried, said the prosecution. This intrusion had triggered many reactions of indignation, including that of President Emmanuel Macron who denounced an action which he said reflects "
the true face of the extreme right
". The president of the National Rally Marine Le Pen had described
these activists as
"
idiots
".
