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Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has exposed close links between high

ranking figures in France's National Rally and a violent far-right


movement that calls for the expulsion of Muslims from Europe.

A new documentary, broadcast on Sunday, shows senior National Rally


politicians mingling with Generation Identity (GI) activists at a private
bar that functions as the group's headquarters in the city of Lille, and
expressing support for GI's anti-immigration policies. 

In a secretly filmed conversation in March, Nicolas Crochet, Le Pen's


former accountant and key ally, told our undercover reporter that the
National Rally would introduce "remigration" - a programme to send
immigrants back to their countries of origin - if it came to power.

"Yes, it will happen. If we win, it will happen," he said.

He added: "You see all those pieces of s**t. You see the migrants. You see
them all."

The revelations came in the second film of a two-part documentary


called Generation Hate.

The first film, broadcast last week, shows a GI activist carrying out a racist
attack on an Arab teenage girl. It also shows other activists admitting to a
series of assaults on Arab and Muslims and making Nazi salutes.

GI is one of Europe's fastest-growing and most prominent far-right


movements.

The second film shows high-profile members of the National Rally,


formerly known as the National Front, attending the GI's bar, called the
Citadelle, during the weekend of the party's annual congress in Lille
earlier this year.  

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