France’s ultra presidential candidate has become the scourge of immigrants and Muslims and wants to “reconquer” the country
The far-right Éric Zemmour, scourge of Islamism and political correctness, shakes up the campaign for the French presidential elections next April with his controversial statements and his outbursts of tone. Before making the leap into politics, Zemmour, 63, worked as a journalist and columnist for the conservative daily ‘Le Figaro’; He was a talkative on the CNews television network, the Fox News of the neighboring country, and he is the author of very popular essays – the last one, ‘France has not said its last word’, has sold more than 250,000 copies. These are his obsessions, present in each of his speeches.
The great replacement
He defends the conspiracy theory of the far right, popularized by the French writer Renaud Camus, who argues that the white and Christian population is being replaced by Muslim immigrants. Zemmour warns that this will lead to the destruction of French culture and civilization. “The great replacement is neither a myth nor a plot, but a relentless process,” he says in ‘France has not had the last word’. “You feel that you are no longer in the country you used to know. You feel like a foreigner in your own country, ”he said in his campaign launch video. “This is our house. This is our home, ”his supporters shouted when he spoke of immigration at his first electoral rally in Villepinte, on the outskirts of Paris.
Assimilation of immigrants
Zemmour, who is a French Jew of Algerian origin, promises that if he is elected president, his goal will be “zero immigration.” He claims that he is not racist, but exhibits unapologetic Islamophobia and xenophobia. He wants to ban names without Judeo-Christian roots, like Mohamed. He denounces “the Islamization of France” and “mass immigration”, which he links to “permanent insecurity.” Of the unaccompanied minors, he says that “almost all are thieves, murderers and rapists.” And he accuses Muslim immigrants of not integrating into French society and of trying to impose their customs and sharia. Yes, assimilation is demanding. But why exempt Algerians, Malians or Turks from the efforts made in the past by Spaniards, Poles and Italians? ”He asks.
The decline of France
“I don’t think we are such a rich country. I believe that we are a country in decline, of impoverishment, of becoming a third world country “, says Zemmour, who promises that if France wins the elections it will once again be” a world industrial power. ”
Misogyny
In 2006 he published ‘The First Sex’, a title that made reference to the work ‘The Second Sex’ by Simone de Beauvoir. In his book he vindicates patriarchy, denounces the renunciation of man to his virility and the feminization of society. And he criticizes feminists for wanting to “castrate” men. “In a traditional society, men’s sexual appetite goes hand in hand with power. Women are the goal and the spoil of every man who aspires to rise in society. Women recognize him, choose him and value him ”, he writes in his latest essay. The candidate, who has been accused of sexual assaults by several women, denies being a misogynist, as denounced by French feminists. He considers the accusation to be “ridiculous”, as he grew up surrounded by women, who, according to him, “forged” his character “more than men”.
Passion for History
Zemmour launched his candidacy with a video with references to Joan of Arc, Louis XIV, Napoleon, Charles de Gaulle and other great names in the history of France, of which he is passionate, although he often manipulates it at will. “Impossible is not French,” a quote attributed to Napoleon, is his official campaign slogan. Zemmour created controversy by claiming that General Philippe Pétain and the Vichy regime “saved” French Jews during World War II. President Emmanuel Macron accused him, without naming him, of manipulating history.
‘Reconquête’ (Reconquest), the name he has chosen for his far-right party, refers to the Spanish reconquest, a period in which the Christian kingdoms reconquered the peninsular territory occupied by the Muslims until their final expulsion in 1492. For Zemmour, the Villepinte rally marked “the beginning of the reconquest of the most beautiful country in the world.” “The reconquest of our economy, the reconquest of our security, the reconquest of our identity, the reconquest of our sovereignty, the reconquest of our country,” said the candidate.
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