
(by Theodoros Benakis, European Interest, June 16, 2024)
The risk of a far-right government in France after President Emmanuel Macron called for snap elections mobilised progressive France. The French Freemasons of five organisations, under the initiative of the Grand Orient of France (GODF), issued a statement calling brothers and sisters to engage against the rise of Marine Le Pen‘s party.
The Grand Masters of GODF, the French Federation of the International Mixed Masonic Order Droit Humaine, Universal Mixed Grand Lodge, Grand Mixed Lodge of France and Mixed Grand Lodge of Memphis-Misraïm warn the French society that “the most reactionary forces seek to come to an understanding, with the sole ambition of calling into question all the fundamentals of the philosophy of the Enlightenment, sources of progress”.
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On June 9, after President Macron called for shock elections, the Grand Orient of France immediately reacted. Guillaume Trichard, Grand Master of the GODF, issued a statement assuring that the organisation was at the front of the fight against the far-right and for the defence of the universalist and fraternal Republic.
“This evening, France has entered a very worrying phase in its history, with the imminent return of the far right to power. More than ever, the humanist principles of liberty, equality, fraternity, principles that Freemasons have always served and defended, are in danger,” stated Trichard.
“The Grand Orient of France will take, in the days to come, all the initiatives it deems useful, in consultation with friendly Masonic Obediences, to defend the universalist and fraternal Republic that we cherish,” he concluded.
On June 13, the five organisations gathered at the GODF headquarters to launch…
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On June 9, after President Macron called for shock elections, the Grand Orient of France immediately reacted. Guillaume Trichard, Grand Master of the GODF, issued a statement assuring that the organisation was at the front of the fight against the far-right and for the defence of the universalist and fraternal Republic.
“This evening, France has entered a very worrying phase in its history, with the imminent return of the far right to power. More than ever, the humanist principles of liberty, equality, fraternity, principles that Freemasons have always served and defended, are in danger,” stated Trichard.
“The Grand Orient of France will take, in the days to come, all the initiatives it deems useful, in consultation with friendly Masonic Obediences, to defend the universalist and fraternal Republic that we cherish,” he concluded.
On June 13, the five organisations gathered at the GODF headquarters to launch…
read more:
“The Grand Orient of France will take, in the days to come, all the initiatives it deems useful, in consultation with friendly Masonic Obediences, to defend the universalist and fraternal Republic that we cherish,” he concluded.
On June 13, the five organisations gathered at the GODF headquarters to launch…
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