More on the French Foreign Legion former leader arrested in Calais

This particular video company asked for an amount of money per minute that is impossible for me to pay and as the video starts with a strong insistence that the video belongs exclusively to them, I was not able to subtitle it properly. However Oz-Rita did do a timed translation so I will post the video and place the transcript with times below it.

Le Général PIQUEMAL arrêté à Calais /France.6 février 2016

 

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Vive la France

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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

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On est chez nous / it’s our home

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this is our home

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on est chez nous

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General (unclear)

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there are police everywhere…(unclear)

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Yes, that’s not normal, that’s for sure.

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It’s scandalous.

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Such a lamentable ban.

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There is no more France, the eternal France is truly dying.

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It’s catastrophic to see such things,

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that the French are padlocked like this in their own country.

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The decline, the decadence…

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of this Eternal France,

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I stand up…soldiers like us, we have served together

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and they behave like this.

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If there were someone in charge, I’d tell him what I think of this.

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It’s truly lamentable to get to this point

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(unclear)

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We are with you, our General.

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Mon general… dictatorship in power… no, France will survive…

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We will close ranks.

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We will stand up. Remain upright; this is how you write history; we will write history.

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It’s not finished; it’s just the start.
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When these soldiers hear the National Anthem,

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and they don’t stand to attention (garde a vous),

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this is truly shameful

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that you are not standing to attention when the Marseillaise is played.

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You should stand to attention and salute. And that is the General who tells you!

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It’s shameful, and you represent France;

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it’s worse than dictatorship.
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Mon general…mon general…
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mon general…

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Listen up, all of you, please.
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Journalists, stand aside, it’s the gendarmerie before you

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but it’s the gendarmerie (unclear)
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Dear comrades, dear patriots,

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Gendarmerie …silence…

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Yes, we will disperse, friends

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from the gendarmerie, because I think you are brothers in arms. I had

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the honour to serve France, like you, for 40 years.
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We must leave… Today I am

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scandalised by the behaviour of the security forces.

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Whatever orders you have received, there are things

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one respects, namely the National Anthem, the Marseillaise when it is sung.

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I would have liked to see you standing to attention, singing with us, but nobody opened their mouths,

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and this in France, the great France,

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eternal France that has been the beacon to the world. That is truly a decline, decadence.

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I regret that you have received these orders.

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I know that you are obliged to execute orders, but you are not obliged to behave like this

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on the ground, because today

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it was said that we are neither thugs nor scoundrels.

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That we were here to try, via the State, to solve the problem of the city of Calais,

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which is a Jungle, unacceptable under the rule of law.

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That you have been deployed here is one thing, but to make the charges you make, is another thing.

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And that’s what I expected of brothers in arms who are

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…the demonstration is …

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forbidden…period. No, it is illegal

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now (here?) you are outside of the law.
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don’t push guys…
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France will survive these cowardly acts by the security forces.
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Disperse …Mon General…shut up…
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(unclear)…we will use force
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(unclear)

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(if you don’t comply?) we will use force
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We must leave now.

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Indeed, yes…

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Owe would destroy what we have achieved; now people really have to let go.

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Those who are still on the ground need to leave. Dictatorship means that French citizens

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have hardly any freedom of speech any longer, are treated like a herd.

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whereas we are here to try and… grandeur of France…
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step back
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step back step back
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Don’t stay there…

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We continue?

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OK?

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The bus has left.

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(unclear)

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Go to the wagon…

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quick…

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(inaudible)
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Are you not ashamed?

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But aren’t you ashamed to do this?

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But it’s not acceptable.

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But he is a General! It’s not acceptable.

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You are unbelievable.

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It’s unbelievable

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But really, I…
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Do you realise… and that broad (sheila), she does this, too.

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She is proud of herself.

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They are worse than their (masters?)

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She is proud of herself.
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It’s unbelievable, but how can you do this.

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How can you do this, but hand in your resignation?

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Seize power… do something…

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6 Replies to “More on the French Foreign Legion former leader arrested in Calais”

  1. just a quick correction. Listening again to the video :

    “113
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    They are worse than their (masters?)”

    The French woman actually said: “elles sont pires que les mecs” which translates into;
    “they are worse than the guys” (males)

  2. Some excerpts from below link/blog RE: Calais jungle & recent PEGIDA protest. IMO a VERY interesting read you will not find in any mainstream media.

    “What follows is a transcript of Simone Héricourt’s oral account of the present situation in Calais, given on Sunday, February 7 in Rungis in front of a patriotic audience. She is an ordinary woman confronted with an extraordinary situation.”

    “Currently they number at 18 000 in what is called the Jungle. 18000. It is horrible. They’ve downright made a city within the city. They’ve got a discotheque, businesses, schools, hair-dressers… They even have… [pause] — I wouldn’t allow myself to say this, but I think you understand it concerns the needs of men. Of course. They’ve made streets. They’ve given names to these streets. They elected a mayor. [Audience expresses shock] Yes! The police cannot at all enter what they call the “Muslim neighborhood”. It’s forbidden.”

    . . .we can’t endure the unendurable, when we see riots taking place during the night, every day, constantly. They turn up in the center of the town, numbering 2000, 3000, 4000, all over the place. They smash cars with iron bars. They assault people, they even assault children. They rob and they rape. What we endure is unimaginable. They enter the homes of people, while people are at the dinner table, because they want to eat. They take what they want, sometimes they beat up the inhabitants. They steal what they want and smash what they can’t get. And when you defend yourself, the Police gets on your back [Audience expresses dismay]. Since a long time the Police refuses to register complaints.”

    “. . .Yesterday I participated in this demonstration. I was in the middle of it, with my husband, with my son, with friends. General Piquemal was there [Long round of applause]. After what I witnessed yesterday, I could not sleep, because I kept reviewing those scenes in my mind. The television, radio and newspapers haven’t said what happened there. We saw him get arrested and mistreated like a racaille [street thug]. The man is a French icon, he deserves the respect owed to his rank, and he got treated like a racaille. They manhandled him to the ground and a policeman placed his boot on his neck. We saw it happen, I promise as I stand before you. Then they picked him up and dragged him, his feet weren’t even touching the ground.”

    https://deltakyklos.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/calais-situation-video-transcript/

  3. I have actually done the translation for that absolutely poignant video already. Just waiting for Vlad to get it finished. I’m sure you will see it posted here very soon.