Comité du 9 Mai (Ultranationalist movement, France)

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Flags of Comité du 9 mai - Images by Olivier Touzeau, 17 May 2025

• Presentation of Comité du 9 mai
• Flags of Comité du 9 mai

See also:

• France
• France: Ultranationalist movements

Presentation of Comité du 9 mai

The Comité du 9-Mai (C9M) is a French far-right informal group created in 1994 following the death of Sébastien Deyzieu, a 22-year-old nationalist activist who fell from a building on May 7, 1994 while trying to escape from police during a banned demonstration in Paris. Initially founded by the Groupe Union Défense (GUD), the Front National de la Jeunesse (FNJ) and the Jeunesse Nationaliste Révolutionnaire (JNR), the C9M has organized an annual commemoration in Paris ever since.

Olivier Touzeau, 17 May 2025

Flags of Comité du 9 mai

In addition to the GUD flag, the following can be seen during these demonstrations:

• black flags with the cypher "C9M" in the upper hoist (imprecise reconstruction attached)
• black flags with the committee's emblem, a stone angel holding a torch with a black flag

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One of the Committee's mottos is: "Our flag is greater than death," as can be seen on some of the T-shirts worn by its members.

Olivier Touzeau, 17 May 2025