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Geneva: an antifa collective calls to target the hotel where Zemmour is to give a conference

2021-11-24T07:46:49.325Z


About sixty anti-fascist organizations are organizing a demonstration in front of the Hilton hotel, where the polemicist is expected to speak this evening in the company of Swiss lawyer Marc Bonnant.


"

Zemmour at the Hilton, it has to hit!"

"The press release published on the" Renversé "site announces the color.

For the arrival in Geneva of Eric Zemmour, on November 24 and 25, a collective of anti-fascists threatens to attack the Hilton hotel, where they think that the polemicist will give a conference-debate this evening.

The putative presidential candidate is the guest of the Convergence association, founded by a Frenchwoman from Geneva, which is organizing a meeting with 300 people, in a place that was kept secret until the very last moment, reports

L'Express

.

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In their press release, the antifas believe they have heard of an "

information

" according to which Eric Zemmour would speak well from the Hilton hotel, alongside Swiss lawyer Marc Bonnant.

In any case, the visual accompanying their text leaves no doubt about their intentions: it represents the establishment devoured by flames.

Promise of revenge

In recent days, the visit of the polemicist has caused a stir in the Swiss capital. The town hall refused to grant him the communal hall and hostile tags appeared on the walls of the town, such as "

Zemmour eat your dead

" or "

Crève Zemmour de merde

". In its press release, the anti-fascist collective sends an ultimatum to the Hilton: "

We expect the management to publish a denial and the assurance that the event will not take place in its establishment by Tuesday evening, for lack of which we will consider that the Hilton chain is placed on the side of the trivialization of fascist ideas

”. Otherwise, activists could "

take revenge for the role that thehotel will have played in the financing of the campaign of this filthy character

".

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In fact, Eric Zemmour also comes to Switzerland to raise funds for his probable future campaign.

According to

L'Express

, Marc Bonnant himself intends to participate in its financing up to 7,500 euros, the maximum amount authorized by French law.

What the antifa collective did not fail to stress: “

The Geneva stage, if it takes place, promises to be lucrative for all parties involved.

The place that wants to welcome this debate will have chosen its camp, that of money at any cost, and will have to assume the consequences

”.

The Swiss PS in embarrassment

This text, addressed to the hotel, but also to the press and to "

a large French-speaking anti-fascist network

", however, embarrasses the Swiss Socialist Party, according to the daily

Le Temps

.

Alongside collectives, unions, associations and other parties, he had filed a demonstration request on Tuesday, to protest against the arrival of the polemicist.

I deplore the violence of these words that cannot be condoned.

We did not go for that by developing this demonstration

”, regretted the president of the left party, near our colleagues.

However, she hopes to be able to "

parade in a suitable manner

".

Source: lefigaro

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