We read "The Far-Right Killers," an investigation into white supremacist and racist cases and criminals.

Paul Conge, a journalist specializing in monitoring far-right movements, questions the rise of what he calls "a French threat."

The trial of Martial Lanoir took place last week before the Paris Assize Court. He was on trial for the murder of a young man of Hispanic-Maghrebi origin, on the night of May 13-14, 2022, in Paris. Why did Martial Lanoir shoot Éric Casado Lopez in the head? Who is this fifty-year-old born in the outskirts of Franche-Comté, in Vesoul, a "singing musician" when he came to the capital at the age of 20, and a "Revelation" of the Francofolies de La Rochelle in 2000? Having left for Japan, he became radicalized. He spent forty-two days in prison for violence against his partner.

Paul Conge, a journalist specializing in criminal cases and far-right movements, has analyzed the career of "this nostalgic for the ^Third Reich, who promotes the racist theory of the great replacement." In 2020, he interrupted the television show "Touche pas à mon poste!" hosted by Cyril Hanouna. The goal: to get noticed. On May 9, 2022, the day after Macron's election to the presidency, among his messages on the social network Telegram, Martial Lanoir posted: "If we don't want Islam on French soil, we have to get rid of the Jews […] Let's fight against the sworn enemy. The Jews, it is by their will that there are Muslims in France!"

"The far right kills," is the conclusion of Paul Conge's investigative book, the result of interviews at the highest levels of government, court documents, and previously unpublished intelligence reports. He discusses two other cases, also in 2022—a presidential election year—in Paris. "Sud Ouest" discussed the first at length. On March 19, Federico Martin Aramburù was shot dead by two former members of the Groupe union défense , including a former special forces soldier, Loïk Le Priol. On December 23, three Kurds were executed on Rue d'Enghien by William Malet, a white supremacist, who had just been released from pretrial detention.

"The Far-Right Killers. Investigation into a French Threat," by Paul Conge, published by Le Rocher , 220 p., €19.90, ebook €13.99.