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'''Yvan Benedetti''' (born 16 September 1965) is a French far-right activist. Former president of [[L'Œuvre Française]] (2012-13), he has been the spokesman of the [[French Nationalist Party]] since 2015.
== Biography ==
Yvan Benedetti was born on 16 September 1965 in [[Réunion|La Réunion]] from a [[Corsica|Corsican]] father.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> During his youth, he was a member of the [[Nouvelle Droite]] scout organization [[Europe-Jeunesse]].<ref name=":1" />
In the 1990s-2000s, he was the right hand of [[Pierre Sidos]], founder and leader of [[L'Œuvre Française]] (L'Œuvre).<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> After negotiations with Sidos, [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] allowed some L'Œuvre militants, notably Benedetti, to integrate the FN in 2007.<ref name=":9">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":62">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In 2011, he directed the electoral campaign of [[Bruno Gollnisch]] for the presidency of the FN.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Benedetti was however expelled from the party in 2011 after he defined himself as an "[[Anti-Zionism|anti-Zionist]], anti-Semite, anti-Jews" in an interview.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Benedetti, along with nationalist activist Alexandre Gabriac, decided to establish "Jeunesses Nationalistes" in 2011 as the youth movement and activist branch of [[L'Œuvre Française]], in order to attract militants deceived with the new FN leadership.<ref name=":3"></ref> The following year, Pierre Sidos, then 85, left the presidency of L'Œuvre after 44 years in office, succeeded by Benedetti.<ref name=":5">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
L'Œuvre Française was dissolved on 23 July 2013 after the issue of an official decree by the then [[Interior minister|Minister of the Interior]], [[Manuel Valls]]. The ban occurred in a context of street violence by far-right revolutionary groups, and followed the death of a far-left activist in a fight involving another nationalist association led by [[Serge Ayoub]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Valls justified the dissolution by denouncing L'Œuvre as a group "organized like a private militia thanks to paramilitary-like training camps."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He further added that the association had been "spreading a xenophobic and antisemitic ideology, diffusing racist and Holocaust-denying thesis, exalting [[Collaboration with the Axis Powers|collaboration]] [with the Nazis] and the [[Vichy France|Vichy regime]], paying regular tribute to [[Philippe Pétain|Pétain]], [[Robert Brasillach|Brasillach]] or [[Charles Maurras|Maurras]]".<ref name=":72">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 2014, Benedetti and Gabriac ran in the [[Municipal elections in France|municipal elections]] of [[Vénissieux]], in the outskirts of [[Lyon]], inviting electors to "slip a [[Quenelle (gesture)|quenelle]]" inside the ballot box. They obtained, with 11.5% of the votes, sieges in the city council.<ref name=":92">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The ticket initiated by the two dissident FN adherents was called "Vénissieux Fait Front" and featured most of the candidates that ran for the FN during the previous election, which led Marine Le Pen to denounce Benedetti and Gabriac as "parasites" and to call for the invalidation of their candidacy.<ref></ref> The vote was eventually declared void a few months later by the [[Conseil d'État (France)|Conseil d'État]] due to irregularities in the list of candidates.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In September 2015, Benedetti appealed to join the [[French Nationalist Party]], of which he is the spokesman.<ref></ref> The movement had been established back in 1983 and re-activated earlier in 2015 to cope with the dissolution of several far-right groups in 2013.<ref name=":8"></ref>
After the death of [[Robert Faurisson]] in October 2018, he described the [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust denier]] as a "modern-day herald who marked the second half of the 20th century."<ref>https://ift.tt/2MdWhzD>
In late 2018, he participated in the [[Yellow vests movement|Yellow Vest movement]], his presence noticed by the media due to an altercation with a team of journalists.<ref></ref>
In June 2019, Yvan Benedetti was condemned to a suspended 8 months jail sentence for "recreating a disbanded league", L'Œuvre having kept on operating for several months following the dissolution.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
== Biography ==
Yvan Benedetti was born on 16 September 1965 in [[Réunion|La Réunion]] from a [[Corsica|Corsican]] father.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> During his youth, he was a member of the [[Nouvelle Droite]] scout organization [[Europe-Jeunesse]].<ref name=":1" />
In the 1990s-2000s, he was the right hand of [[Pierre Sidos]], founder and leader of [[L'Œuvre Française]] (L'Œuvre).<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> After negotiations with Sidos, [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] allowed some L'Œuvre militants, notably Benedetti, to integrate the FN in 2007.<ref name=":9">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name=":62">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In 2011, he directed the electoral campaign of [[Bruno Gollnisch]] for the presidency of the FN.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Benedetti was however expelled from the party in 2011 after he defined himself as an "[[Anti-Zionism|anti-Zionist]], anti-Semite, anti-Jews" in an interview.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Benedetti, along with nationalist activist Alexandre Gabriac, decided to establish "Jeunesses Nationalistes" in 2011 as the youth movement and activist branch of [[L'Œuvre Française]], in order to attract militants deceived with the new FN leadership.<ref name=":3"></ref> The following year, Pierre Sidos, then 85, left the presidency of L'Œuvre after 44 years in office, succeeded by Benedetti.<ref name=":5">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
L'Œuvre Française was dissolved on 23 July 2013 after the issue of an official decree by the then [[Interior minister|Minister of the Interior]], [[Manuel Valls]]. The ban occurred in a context of street violence by far-right revolutionary groups, and followed the death of a far-left activist in a fight involving another nationalist association led by [[Serge Ayoub]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Valls justified the dissolution by denouncing L'Œuvre as a group "organized like a private militia thanks to paramilitary-like training camps."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He further added that the association had been "spreading a xenophobic and antisemitic ideology, diffusing racist and Holocaust-denying thesis, exalting [[Collaboration with the Axis Powers|collaboration]] [with the Nazis] and the [[Vichy France|Vichy regime]], paying regular tribute to [[Philippe Pétain|Pétain]], [[Robert Brasillach|Brasillach]] or [[Charles Maurras|Maurras]]".<ref name=":72">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 2014, Benedetti and Gabriac ran in the [[Municipal elections in France|municipal elections]] of [[Vénissieux]], in the outskirts of [[Lyon]], inviting electors to "slip a [[Quenelle (gesture)|quenelle]]" inside the ballot box. They obtained, with 11.5% of the votes, sieges in the city council.<ref name=":92">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The ticket initiated by the two dissident FN adherents was called "Vénissieux Fait Front" and featured most of the candidates that ran for the FN during the previous election, which led Marine Le Pen to denounce Benedetti and Gabriac as "parasites" and to call for the invalidation of their candidacy.<ref></ref> The vote was eventually declared void a few months later by the [[Conseil d'État (France)|Conseil d'État]] due to irregularities in the list of candidates.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In September 2015, Benedetti appealed to join the [[French Nationalist Party]], of which he is the spokesman.<ref></ref> The movement had been established back in 1983 and re-activated earlier in 2015 to cope with the dissolution of several far-right groups in 2013.<ref name=":8"></ref>
After the death of [[Robert Faurisson]] in October 2018, he described the [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust denier]] as a "modern-day herald who marked the second half of the 20th century."<ref>https://ift.tt/2MdWhzD>
In late 2018, he participated in the [[Yellow vests movement|Yellow Vest movement]], his presence noticed by the media due to an altercation with a team of journalists.<ref></ref>
In June 2019, Yvan Benedetti was condemned to a suspended 8 months jail sentence for "recreating a disbanded league", L'Œuvre having kept on operating for several months following the dissolution.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
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