Generation Identity Activists Sentenced to 6 Months Prison for "Defend Europe" Mission

Generation Identity activists sentenced to six months for trying to block the border.
The operation carried out at the end of April 2018 at the Col de l'Échelle (Nevache), under the name Defend Europe to prevent the crossing of the Franco-Italian border by migrants.

Correctional Court handed down a firm prison sentence after the operation carried out at the Col de l'Échelle (Nevache) in April 2018.
The court has handed down its decision: it will be six months in prison for three defendants of the European preservation group "Generation Identity". They were prosecuted for "operating in conditions that would create confusion in the public mind with the exercise of a public service." They were also fined 2,000 euros and deprivation of civil, civil and family rights for five years. Finally, the association Generation Identity is fined 75,000 euros.

The trial of the operation carried out on 21 April 2018, when members of Generation Identity - about 100 - had monitored the border to prevent migrants from crossing. With great tweets, videos and the use of a helicopter for an operation called "Defend Europe".