The 1er July 2024, between the two laps of the legislative elections where he brigated his renewal, and in full debate in France on the binationals, the deputy Daniel Grenon (now ex-RN) had declared: “There are people who are Maghreb, who have returned to power, in ministers etc. So, I feel that these people do not have their place in the high places. So. Well, afterwards, the binational Maghreb, he has his place in France. He has it. But not in the Hauts-Lieux ”.
Friday, May 2, Mr. Grenon was sentenced to a fine of 3,000 euros, in Sens (Yonne), for having made these remarks. He had pronounced them during a debate organized by the local newspaper The Republican Yonneby arousing a lively controversy until the national rally (RN).
The criminal court has accompanied the sentence of damages of 1,500 euros for each of the three civil parties, the movement against racism and for the friendship between the peoples (MRAP) of the Yonne, the League for Human Rights and the International League against racism and anti-Semitism.
At the time, Jordan Bardella qualified the words of Mr. Grenon“Abjects” and classified the deputy among the “Grainteen sheep” of the party. He was subsequently excluded from the RN last fall. Despite the controversy, Mr. Grenon had been re -elected with 51.38 % of the votes.
The pronounced fine is double the requisitions (1,500 euros), on April 17, of the public prosecutor. Mr. Grenon appeared for “Public provocation for discrimination” And “Public insult” because of “The origin, of ethnicity, nation, race or religion”.
“Mr. Grenon’s racism is not soft”
“What seems important to us to score is that Mr. Grenon’s racism is not soft”reacted to the agency France-Presse (AFP) Agnès Cluzel, president of the Mrap de l’Yonne, expressing her contentment after the judgment. “This is an ideology anchored in its functioning for decades”she added.
The environmentalist Florence Loury, defeat candidate of the united left to the legislative elections against Mr. Grenon, had qualified his opponent as “Racist”.
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His words “Do not come under racial hatred”had defended Daniel Grenon’s lawyer at the hearing, Jean-Marc Ponelle, evoking the political context at the time, in particular within the framework of the proposals of RN laws on binationality.
For his part, the interested party had struggled to clarify the meaning of his words. “If there is a conflict, the binational can decide to leave”said this 76 -year -old man.