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Collectif Némésis

Collectif Némésis
PresidentAlice Cordier
FounderAlice Cordier
Founded2019 (2019)
Membershipc. 100
IdeologyAnti-immigration
Anti-Islam
[1]
Femonationalism[2]
Identitarianism
Conservatism[3]
Political positionFar-right[3]
Website
collectif-nemesis.com

The Collectif Némésis (French: [kɔlɛktif nemezis]; lit. 'Nemesis Collective') is an organisation in France and Switzerland for women aged 18 to 30, describing itself as feminist and Identitarian.[3] The organisation is named after Nemesis, the Greek goddess of revenge, and was founded by Alice Cordier in 2019. The organisation believes in a connection between immigration and crime. It believes that non-European immigrants, particularly Muslims, are more likely to commit violence towards women.[4][3][5] The organisation has been condemned as racist by mainstream feminist organisations.[3][4]

History

The organisation first appeared on 23 November 2019 at the "Nous Toutes" (All of us Women) demonstration in Paris, in which it carried placards saying that 52% of rapists in Île-de-France were foreign, and ones reading "Cologne, Rotherham, soon [Paris]".[6] After the event, the group said that other feminist groups are run by the extreme left and "prefer to focus on anecdotal themes (inclusive writing, sexism in advertising, etc.). And they only deal with the violence that women suffer daily (such as street harassment) by drowning it in abstract concepts such as that of patriarchy, to hide the fact that our attackers are massively of non-European origin".[7] In January 2021, the group wore niqab at the Eiffel Tower to promote a "No Hijab Day" in opposition to World Hijab Day.[3]

In 2021, the group launched in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.[4] The Swiss group has tried to gain attention at the Grève feministe (Feminist strike), whose representatives responded that "This group is riding the purple bandwagon and uses it not to promote the freedom of women, but rather the discrimination towards its targets, notably foreigners".[4] By June 2022, Némésis had been expelled three times from events organised by Grève feministe.[8] In April 2022, it was expelled from a social event organised by the University of Geneva.[9] In October 2023, it was reported that some members of the Swiss People's Party, the country's leading party at federal level, had joined Némésis.[10]

On 12 February 2026, a 23-year-old far-right activist Quentin Deranque was providing security for a Collectif Némésis protest at a conference against MEP Rima Hassan in Lyon.[11] He was beaten and left in a critical state with a brain haemorrhage. The prosecutor in Lyon opened an investigation.[12][13] Deranque subsequently died on 14 February.[14][15] Many of the arrested individuals were linked to the outlawed far-left militant antifascist collective Jeune Garde.[16][17]

References

  1. ^ Bozonnet, Charlotte (5 July 2024). "Némésis, collectif xénophobe et « féministe » autoproclamé, et ses batailles idéologiques" [Némésis, self-proclaimed "feminist" organisation, and its ideological battles]. Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  2. ^ Rulier, François (11 October 2023). "« Fémonationalisme », quand l'extrême droite instrumentalise le féminisme" ["Femonationalism", when the far right exploits feminism]. Politis (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Dasinieres, Laure (19 February 2021). "Les petits secrets du Collectif Némésis, ces "Femen d'extrême droite"" [The little secrets of Collectif Némésis, those "far-right Femen"]. Slate (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d "Un collectif se revendiquant d'un féminisme "identitaire" détonne en Romandie" [A collective claiming an "identitarian" feminism clashes in Romandy]. Radio Télévision Suisse (in French). 22 February 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. ^ Chillier, Guillaume; Seppey, Agathe (13 August 2021). ""Nous affirmons que l'immigration est un problème pour les femmes"" ["We affirm that immigration is a problem for women"]. Watson (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ^ Sulzer, Alexandre (28 November 2019). "Qui se cache derrière Némésis, le nouveau collectif féministe et identitaire ?" [Who's behind Némésis, the new feminist and identitarian collective?]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  7. ^ Leboucq, Fabien (29 November 2019). "Manif #NousToutes : qui se cache derrière les "féministes anti-immigration" de Nemesis ?" [#NousToutes demonstration: who is behind the "anti-immigration feminists" of Némésis?]. Libération (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Des féministes anti-immigration virées de la Grève du 14 juin" [The anti-immigration feminists expelled from the 14 June Strike]. 20 minutes (in French). 15 June 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  9. ^ Fasler, Lorraine (11 April 2022). "Un collectif féministe controversé n'est plus le bienvenu à une fête étudiante" [A controversial feminist collective is no longer welcome at a student party]. Tribune de Genève (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  10. ^ Porchet, Sandra (3 October 2023). "Junge Tat, Mass-Voll, Némésis: l'UDC joue-t-elle avec le feu?" [Junge Tat, Mass-Voll, Némésis: is the Swiss People's Party playing with fire?]. La Côte (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  11. ^ Kirby, Paul (18 February 2026). "Wave of arrests over killing of French nationalist piles pressure on far left". BBC News.
  12. ^ Ouangari, Lise (13 February 2026). "Lyon : un jeune de 23 ans proche du collectif identitaire Nemesis grièvement blessé, son pronostic vital engagé" [Lyon: a 23-year-old young man close to the identitatrian Collectif Némésis seriously wounded, his life is in danger]. Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  13. ^ Sugy, Paul (13 February 2026). "Qui est Quentin D., le jeune militant nationaliste entre la vie et la mort après avoir été lynché à Lyon ?" [Who is Quentin D., the young nationalist activist between life and death after being lynched in Lyon?]. Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  14. ^ "Mort de Quentin à Lyon : que sait-on de l'agression du militant nationaliste ?" [Death of Quentin in Lyon: what do we know about the attack on the nationalist activist?] (in French). France Info. 15 February 2026. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  15. ^ "Killing of far-right activist triggers turmoil across French political spectrum". Radio France International. 16 February 2026. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  16. ^ Folgoas, Ronan; Décugis, Jean-Michel; Pham-Lê, Jérémie (15 February 2026). "Lynchage mortel à Lyon : 1h30 et 1,5 km, sur les derniers pas de Quentin Deranque". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  17. ^ https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000051724933
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