French general, 75, who commanded the Foreign Legion is arrested at violent anti-Islam protest in Calais which he joined 'to prevent the decline of my country'
- Ex-commander of the French Foreign Legion arrested in Calais
- Christian Piquemal, 75, spoke during an anti-immigration protest
- General Piquemal was among around a dozen of protesters arrested
A former commander of the French Foreign Legion is facing prison for protesting against the number of UK-bound refugees in Calais.
Christian
Piquemal was arrested after speaking in front of supporters of Pediga,
an extreme right-wing anti-immigrant movement based in Germany, during a
banned protest on Saturday.
Piquemal,
75, who led the legendary fighting force between 1994 and 1999, said he
wanted to prevent ‘the decline of my country’ during the protest in the
French port city.
Ex-commander of the French Foreign
Legion General Christian Piquemal addresses supporters of the Pegida
movement during a banned demonstration in Calais
Piquemal was today charged with 'participation in an unlawful assembly which has not dissolved after warning'.
Four others with him were accused of possessing banned weapons including knuckle dusters and a taser gun.
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All five men will face up to a year in prison when they appear in court on Monday.
Pegida
had announced a protest against the migrant and refugee situaiton in
Calais, where thousands are living in a camp known as The Jungle near
the port.
Calais
authorities had banned the Pegida [Patriotic Europeans Against the
Islamisation of the Occident] protest, but the group took to the streets
anyway.
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