Groupe Union Défense

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Groupe Union Défense (GUD), later Union Défense de la Jeunesse (UDJ) is a right-wing extremist student organization in France and French-speaking Switzerland .

history

The formation of the oldest right-wing radical student group in France goes back to the May riots in Paris in 1968 . At that time the “Groupe Union Défense” (GUD) was established at the Paris University of Panthéon-Assas . In some cases it was also initially referred to as Groupe Union Droit (Union Law Group), since it originated at the law school. Alain Robert, Robert Allo, Gérard Écorcheville, Hugues Leclère, Jack Marchal and Jean-Noël Prade are the founders of the GNU. The group declared "personal protection and violence against left-wing extremists" to be their goal. Like other neo-fascist groups, the GUD chose a white Celtic cross on a black background as symbolism .

Frederic Chatillon was chairman of GUD and later became strategic advisor to Marie Le Pen and campaign manager of the Front National . With the strengthening of the youth organization of the FN, the Front National de la Jeunesse , the GUD was increasingly marginalized. When the socialist François Mitterrand was elected 21st President of France in 1981, the GUD officially dissolved. However, the group reorganized itself in the early 1990s, but sided with the less popular right-wing populist Bruno Mégret and lost its importance. Other names were sometimes used for the new foundations, as the occurrence of the GUD was banned by many universities: Union de Défense des Étudiants d'Assas - UDEA (1988) and Union Droit - UD (1995).

In 2010 it was re-established. Meanwhile, Lyon and the University of Lyon are the most important bases for the GUD. “Lyon is the capital of Holocaust denial. Revisionists such as Henri Roques and Robert Faurisson taught at the Lyon universities . The publisher Jean Plantin, who specializes in revisionist publications, is based there, ”the FAZ quotes the political scientist Stéphane François.

Other GUD groups exist in Paris , Brittany and Alsace .

Violent actions occurred several times through the GUD.

Connections to the Front National

After the re-establishment of the GNU in the early 1990s, there was a rapprochement with the Front National. After the split in the party between the two leaders Jean-Marie Le Pen and Bruno Mégret , the GUD sided with Megret. Today the GUD adheres to Marie Le Pen's FN. Internal documents also revealed that members of the Front National , various right-wing activists and the Lyon UDJ boss Steven Bissuel met in 2011. Joint campaigns and a coordinated press strategy were planned.

Connections to CasaPound Italia

The GUD maintains a friendly relationship with the neo-fascist movement CasaPound Italia and its youth organization Blocco Studentesco.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Right-wing radicals at the university. In: NZZ Campus - Study, Career, Colleges, Universities. Retrieved April 10, 2016 . 
2. ^ "Panama papers": du GUD à la Syrie, itinéraire de Frédéric Chatillon, un fidèle de Marine Le Pen. In: France 24. Accessed April 10, 2016 (French). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} France: Strike against the racket. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . June 12, 2013, accessed April 10, 2016 . 
4. ^ Jan Adam .: Completion of the series Right-Wing Extremism in Europe: Today France. In: right end of the line . Retrieved April 10, 2016 . 
5. ^ The cool choice of words of Joan of Arc's young patriotic team. In: bernerzeitung.ch/. Retrieved April 11, 2016 .