# French Activist Claims PEP Listing Led to Banking Restrictions

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2069106597540790711
- Source account: [@ThaisEscufon](https://x.com/ThaisEscufon)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:42
- Published: 2026-06-22
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions) Hey, do you know what else the French government has come up with to intimidate us?

[0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=4) In France, there is a very underhanded way of silencing identitarians who cause trouble.

[0:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=9) The PEP database, which stands for Politically Exposed Person, is a system where police data is shared with banks.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=18) When I began my activism several years ago, I had my bank account suspended for no valid reason.

[0:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=24) When I tried to open a new account at another bank, they never called me back.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=29) One bank after another, I faced rejection after rejection without understanding why.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=35) Until one day, in a bank advisor's office, just as I was entering my personal information, a message popped up on the screen.

[0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=44) "Person likely to be exposed in the media for..." ta-ta-ta.

[0:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=48) I couldn't read the full sentence, but that's when I understood.

[0:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=52) I am listed in this database, which, ironically, was originally intended to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorist activities.

[1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=61) Like, guys, do I look like the type to go blow myself up in a crowd?

[1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=65) They don't just want to silence us publicly through censorship, they want to destroy us socially and now economically.

[1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=72) I know I'll never be able to get a loan to buy a house, for example, and I know I'm not the only one.

[1:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=78) They want to discourage us from continuing.

[1:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=81) And for a while, they succeeded. I was demoralized.

[1:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=85) But thanks to you, I feel like I'm no longer alone and that our fight has a chance of being heard.

[1:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=91) So, we'll keep going, and thank you all for all your messages and for sharing my content the past few days.

[1:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/lVP1XjxrLewB/en/french-activist-claims-pep-listing-led-to-banking-restrictions?t=97) You've given hope back to so many French people here.