Far-right party dissolved in France

The far-right Catholic Civitas party in France has reportedly been dissolved.

Government spokesman Olivier Veran, in his statement to the press after the Council of Ministers, announced that they had decided to end Civitas, which operated under the umbrella of the association in 1999 and became a political party in 2016. Veran stated that Civitas sees human rights as “a tool that destroys Christian civilization” and stated that the movement is a “harmful formation” for its anti-LGBT vision.

Observing that Civitas “wants to create a hierarchy among French citizens with openly anti-Semitic and homophobic theses,” Veran accused the political movement of “wanting to declare war on the State.”

Following anti-Semitic statements by Civitas member Pierre Hillard, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin demanded the party’s dissolution on August 8. The Civitas movement, which sought to “re-Christianize” France, stood out for its anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim rhetoric. (AA)