Overview
- Arthur Delaporte, a Socialist MP for Calvados, filed an Article 40 report with the Caen prosecutor Tuesday after France Inter and ICI Normandie described racist remarks and gestures at the April 18 banquet.
- A France Inter journalist who attended said they heard racist language and saw gestures that looked like Nazi salutes, and videos from inside the event have circulated online.
- Le Canon français cofounder Géraud du Fayet de la Tour says he does not see Nazi salutes in the images and he condemns racism.
- Article 40 of France’s criminal procedure code requires certain public officials to inform prosecutors when they learn of possible crimes.
- Local fallout has begun as Quimper’s mayor suspended a Canon français banquet planned for December 5 over fears of public-order trouble.