Here is an English translation of a letter sent to Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault by the Génération Identitaire on October 23, 2012:

Here is an English translation of a letter sent to Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault by the Génération Identitaire on October 23, 2012:

Mr. Prime Minister,

On Saturday October 20, at six o'clock in the morning, in the company of a hundred young activists, we entered the construction site of the Great Mosque of Poitiers. By late morning, while you were on an official visit to Asia, you published an official communiqué. If we regret your moral condemnation of our action, we are, on the other hand, pleased by the interest you have shown in our movement, attested to by the rapidity with which you reacted.

Nevertheless, we would like to believe that your point of view derives from an inadequate appreciation of the facts. If our country regularly experiences occupations of factories, offices, and churches, usually organized by the CGT labor union or immigrant-support associations, they are not always peaceful and do not necessarily relate to a political question. But our occupation of the construction site of the Great Mosque of Poitiers was non-violent and derives from our desire for a public debate. Our presence was limited to a banner and slogans. Evacuation proceeded peacefully.

Our objective was - and is - to draw the public's attention to the problem of immigration and the Islamization of France. We know that on these points you have the opposite opinion. Thus, when you were mayor of Nantes, you granted a public subsidy of 200,000 euros to a Muslim "cultural" center, even though it was closely connected to radical Islamic movements. Ever since your appointment as head of the Government, you have been clearly acting in favor of the development and rooting of immigration in France. So be it! That is your right and, perhaps, your duty with regard to the exigencies of States such as Qatar or Algeria.

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As for us, we take the opposing view. We are among those who think - and we still have the right to think - that if the French were to become a minority, then France would no longer be France. A fantasy? No. All one has to do to be convinced is to look at the recent studies from INSEE on the youth of the region of Ile-de-France or the number of mosques built during these past years in our land.

Do you want this to go on? We want it to stop!

This was the goal of our action in Poitiers, to which your party, the PS, but also your allies from the Front de gauche and Europe-Ecologie-les-Verts, responded unanimously with hatred. Do you really think, Mr. Prime Minister, that, in a Republic, we can legitimately ban the speech of those demanding a referendum? If your Republic is not just a word, not just a semantic theft, then of course, the answer is no.

We do not ask that you understand us. We ask, Mr. Prime Minister, that you recognize our right to freedom of expression.

We want a peaceful public debate? The parties that support your government respond with invectives and threats. We want to open the voting booths? They angrily wave their stick. And yet, were they not the ones who, a while back defended the Pussy Rioters who had entered into a Russian church?

You will, of course, answer that the Justice system decided to prosecute us. But, let's be serious, Mr. Prime Minister. Could you swear that not one of your ministers called the prosecutor of Poitiers? Furthermore, do you know the reason given for the arrest of four of us? "Inciting to racial hatred" for having chanted, among other slogans: "Charles Martel!" Is that your Republic? Is that your answer to the hundreds of thousands of young Frenchmen who refuse immigration because they suffer its consequences regularly?

These are the things we hope to discuss with you, Mr. Prime Minister. And so we request a meeting with you or, if not that, a meeting with one of your advisers.

Awaiting your reply, we remain sincerely yours,

The Génération Identitaire

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