THE TECHNICAL Group of the European Right, the group of fascist MEPs, have been unable to find a hotel that will accept their booking in either Edinburgh or Dublin, as a result of the efforts of local anti-fascists.
On June 21 the French Front National (FN) announced Le Pen's planned visit to Edin burgh, at which point anti-fascists started organising to ensure that Europe's leading fascist would not visit the city unopposed.
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Although the Anti Nazi League and the Anti Racist Alliance had both been given information that Le Pen was not aue to atre unde tucsoay July 6. both groups insisted on organising demos separately on Monday 5.
Despite the danger of these protest demos taking the anger out of any mobilisations during days the Scottish Campaign against Le Pen (SCALP) was formed as an umbrella group, drawing in all major anti-fascist forces in the city, and a weck of action was planned to drive Le Pen out.
With the threat of such militant action the Sheraton Hotel decided "for the safety and con venience of its guests and staff what they would cancel the book extravagant use of EC expenses payments to hit the headlines. ing. Soon afterwards every other major hotel in the city announced that they would not acHaving given up on Edinburgh, they then announced that they would be going to the Fitzpatrick Hotel in Dublin in.
Umbrella group This announcement lead to the formation of a similar umbrella group - the Irish Campaign Against Fascism (ICAF) through which a similar hostile reception was planned.
Within a couple of days of the No welcome in Britain for the French fascist, whose subsidise binges for far-right Euro-MPs has recently formation of ICAF the Fitzpatrick Hotel announced that it was "overbooked" and that the group's booking was made "in At the time of going to press the fascius are now trying ic find a hotel in Rome that will accept them, so let's hope that Italian anti-fascists can give them a further humiliation. This attempted visit by Le Pen is of significance both in proving the effectiveness of united, militant anti-facist action and in showing Le Pen that fascists cannot organise openly wherever they choose.