LE MONDE : Le candidat d’extrême droite est accusé de faits présumés lorsqu’il était journaliste, de 1999 à 2019. Son entourage accuse Mediapart de « recycle[r] » des témoignages.
Dans une enquête vidéo publiée par Mediapart mardi 8 mars au matin, huit femmes, dont certaines à visage découvert, accusent Eric Zemmour de comportements inappropriés et d’agressions sexuelles, pour des faits présumés allant de 1999 à 2019, lorsqu’il était journaliste. L’entourage du candidat d’extrême droite a réagi auprès de l’Agence France-Presse (AFP) estimant que « Mediapart veut faire un coup le jour de la journée [des droits] de la femme en recyclant des témoignages déjà sortis l’an dernier. Minable à cinq semaines du premier tour » de l’élection présidentielle. Le candidat a, lui, refusé de répondre aux questions des journalistes du site d’information. » | Le Monde avec AFP | mardi 8 mars 2022
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Tuesday, March 08, 2022
Monday, February 07, 2022
French Far-right Presidential Hopeful Likens Himself to Boris Johnson
THE GUARDIAN: Eric Zemmour says foreign leader he feels ‘culturally and intellectually’ closest to is the British PM
Eric Zemmour acknowledges his support at a campaign rally in Lille, northern France.Photograph: Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
The far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has said of all world leaders he is compared to he feels most like the British prime minister, Boris Johnson.
The former journalist, who is often compared to Donald Trump, was speaking on France Inter’s morning news programme when asked about “populist” foreign leaders. The interviewer mentioned Trump, the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, and Italy’s former prime minister Matteo Salvini and asked if they were models for Zemmour.
“You have not mentioned Boris Johnson and I am astonished because he is without doubt the leader I feel I am closest to, culturally, intellectually … and he’s obviously a European like me but English,” Zemmour said.
It is not the first time Zemmour has rejected comparisons to Trump and likened himself to the British PM. He has pointed out that both he and Johnson are former journalists, both have written history books – Zemmour on the history of France, De Gaulle and Napoleon, Johnson on Winston Churchill. » | Kim Willsher | Monday, February 7, 2022
The far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has said of all world leaders he is compared to he feels most like the British prime minister, Boris Johnson.
The former journalist, who is often compared to Donald Trump, was speaking on France Inter’s morning news programme when asked about “populist” foreign leaders. The interviewer mentioned Trump, the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, and Italy’s former prime minister Matteo Salvini and asked if they were models for Zemmour.
“You have not mentioned Boris Johnson and I am astonished because he is without doubt the leader I feel I am closest to, culturally, intellectually … and he’s obviously a European like me but English,” Zemmour said.
It is not the first time Zemmour has rejected comparisons to Trump and likened himself to the British PM. He has pointed out that both he and Johnson are former journalists, both have written history books – Zemmour on the history of France, De Gaulle and Napoleon, Johnson on Winston Churchill. » | Kim Willsher | Monday, February 7, 2022
Friday, January 28, 2022
Le Pen Feud Deepens as French Far-right Leader’s Niece Withdraws Support
THE GUARDIAN: Marine Le Pen calls Marion Maréchal’s decision not to back presidential bid ‘brutal, violent and painful’
Marine Le Pen, who has expressed her ‘incomprehension’ of the politics behind Maréchal’s decision. Photograph: Alain Robert/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock
France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen has described her niece’s decision not to support her presidential campaign as “brutal, violent and painful”.
Marion Maréchal, who dropped Le Pen from her name in 2018, said she was considering whether to transfer her allegiance to Éric Zemmour, who is even further to the right.
In an interview with Le Parisien, Maréchal, who at 22 became the youngest MP in the Assemblée Nationale in 2012, before stepping down in 2017, said her aunt’s “incessant ideological and programme changes” showed a “lack of logic and vision”.
On potentially backing Zemmour, she said: “I’m thinking about it. I haven’t decided. If I support Éric, [it] would not just be a question of passing by and saying hello. It would mean returning to politics. It’s a real life choice, a heavy decision.” » | Kim Willsher in Paris | Friday, January 28, 2022
«J'ai envie de retourner en politique» : les confidences de Marion Maréchal au Figaro : L'ancienne députée FN du Vaucluse confie que «la cohérence, la vision, la stratégie» la font pencher pour Éric Zemmour. Elle envisage de se présenter aux législatives de 2022. »
France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen has described her niece’s decision not to support her presidential campaign as “brutal, violent and painful”.
Marion Maréchal, who dropped Le Pen from her name in 2018, said she was considering whether to transfer her allegiance to Éric Zemmour, who is even further to the right.
In an interview with Le Parisien, Maréchal, who at 22 became the youngest MP in the Assemblée Nationale in 2012, before stepping down in 2017, said her aunt’s “incessant ideological and programme changes” showed a “lack of logic and vision”.
On potentially backing Zemmour, she said: “I’m thinking about it. I haven’t decided. If I support Éric, [it] would not just be a question of passing by and saying hello. It would mean returning to politics. It’s a real life choice, a heavy decision.” » | Kim Willsher in Paris | Friday, January 28, 2022
«J'ai envie de retourner en politique» : les confidences de Marion Maréchal au Figaro : L'ancienne députée FN du Vaucluse confie que «la cohérence, la vision, la stratégie» la font pencher pour Éric Zemmour. Elle envisage de se présenter aux législatives de 2022. »
Friday, January 21, 2022
Pétain «sauveur» de juifs : Zemmour persiste et dit avoir «raison historiquement»
LE FIGARO : Le candidat d'extrême droite à la présidentielle Eric Zemmour a dit vendredi 21 janvier maintenir ses propos sur le maréchal Pétain «sauveur» de juifs, estimant avoir «raison historiquement», au lendemain du rejet de la demande de renvoi de son procès pour contestation de crime contre l'humanité.
La décision de la cour d'appel sera rendue après l'élection présidentielle des 10 et 24 avril prochains. L'ex-chroniqueur vedette de CNews avait été relaxé en février 2021, après avoir soutenu en 2019 que le maréchal Philippe Pétain avait «sauvé» les juifs français pendant la Deuxième guerre mondiale. Le tribunal avait estimé que ces propos avaient été prononcés «à brûle-pourpoint lors d'un débat sur la guerre en Syrie». » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | vendredi 21 janvier 2022
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Sunday, December 05, 2021
Far-right French Presidential Candidate Put in Headlock by Protester at Rally
THE GUARDIAN: Éric Zemmour formally declared his candidacy on Tuesday, highlighting his anti-migrant and anti-Islam views
The far-right French presidential candidate Éric Zemmour appeared to be put in a headlock by a protester at his first campaign, a few days after he formally declared his candidacy in a video highlighting his anti-migrant and anti-Islam views.
Videos online appeared to show Zemmour being grabbed by a man at the heated rally near Paris on Sunday, during which anti-racism activists were also reportedly attacked. He was later reported to have suffered light injuries.
The former TV pundit announced on Tuesday that he would run in next April’s election, joining the field of challengers seeking to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron.
He held his first event at an exhibition centre in a suburb of Paris where thousands cheered every mention of reducing immigration and booed every reference to Macron loudly.
“The stakes are huge: if I win it will be the start of winning back the most beautiful country in the world,” Zemmour told the crowd. » | Guardian staff and agency | Sunday, December 5, 2021
Meeting d’Eric Zemmour : des militants antiracistes agressés par des participants : Des militants de l’association SOS-Racisme ont été violemment frappés par des participants au meeting après avoir scandé « Non au racisme » dans la salle. Ces militants « n’avaient pas à être là, il ne faut pas venir faire de provocation dans notre salle », a réagi l’équipe de campagne d’Eric Zemmour. »
Immigration, sécurité, identité, haine des médias… Pour son premier meeting, Eric Zemmour décline ses thèmes de prédilection : Le candidat d’extrême droite a officialisé, dimanche, le nom de sa formation politique, « Reconquête », lors d’un discours marqué par de violents affrontements entre des participants au meeting et des militants antiracistes. »
Zemmour agressé à son meeting et blessé au poignet, selon son équipe : L'essayiste et candidat à l'élection présidentielle a été agressé par un individu avant qu'il ne monte sur scène pour prononcer son discours. »
Tumulte und Protest bei Wahlkampfauftritt von Rechtspopulist Zemmour »
Zemmour-Anhänger greifen Aktivisten und Journalisten an: Eric Zemmour wirbt mit einem strammen Law-and-Order-Kurs. Aber die erste Wahlkampfkundgebung des französischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten war von Gewalt und Chaos geprägt. »
The far-right French presidential candidate Éric Zemmour appeared to be put in a headlock by a protester at his first campaign, a few days after he formally declared his candidacy in a video highlighting his anti-migrant and anti-Islam views.
Videos online appeared to show Zemmour being grabbed by a man at the heated rally near Paris on Sunday, during which anti-racism activists were also reportedly attacked. He was later reported to have suffered light injuries.
The former TV pundit announced on Tuesday that he would run in next April’s election, joining the field of challengers seeking to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron.
He held his first event at an exhibition centre in a suburb of Paris where thousands cheered every mention of reducing immigration and booed every reference to Macron loudly.
“The stakes are huge: if I win it will be the start of winning back the most beautiful country in the world,” Zemmour told the crowd. » | Guardian staff and agency | Sunday, December 5, 2021
Meeting d’Eric Zemmour : des militants antiracistes agressés par des participants : Des militants de l’association SOS-Racisme ont été violemment frappés par des participants au meeting après avoir scandé « Non au racisme » dans la salle. Ces militants « n’avaient pas à être là, il ne faut pas venir faire de provocation dans notre salle », a réagi l’équipe de campagne d’Eric Zemmour. »
Immigration, sécurité, identité, haine des médias… Pour son premier meeting, Eric Zemmour décline ses thèmes de prédilection : Le candidat d’extrême droite a officialisé, dimanche, le nom de sa formation politique, « Reconquête », lors d’un discours marqué par de violents affrontements entre des participants au meeting et des militants antiracistes. »
Zemmour agressé à son meeting et blessé au poignet, selon son équipe : L'essayiste et candidat à l'élection présidentielle a été agressé par un individu avant qu'il ne monte sur scène pour prononcer son discours. »
Tumulte und Protest bei Wahlkampfauftritt von Rechtspopulist Zemmour »
Zemmour-Anhänger greifen Aktivisten und Journalisten an: Eric Zemmour wirbt mit einem strammen Law-and-Order-Kurs. Aber die erste Wahlkampfkundgebung des französischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten war von Gewalt und Chaos geprägt. »
Saturday, December 04, 2021
In France, a Right-Wing Polemicist Tries Channeling De Gaulle to Win Votes
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Éric Zemmour has adopted imagery reminiscent of Charles de Gaulle, the wartime leader. But his call for reborn glory for France is sharply at odds with the realities of the country today.
PARIS — The retro choreography was heavy-handed, its intent obvious: Éric Zemmour in a dark tie, eyes averted from the camera, reading into an old-fashioned microphone from sheets of paper, just like Charles de Gaulle in his famous speech from London on June 18, 1940, when he called for the liberation of a fallen France.
Mr. Zemmour is not a towering general, and France is not on its knees. But Mr. Zemmour, the far-right polemicist who this week announced his run for next year’s presidential election, understands the power of provocative imagery. Effrontery and scandal have propelled his outsider candidacy.
His campaign-launching video was a nationalistic call for reborn French glory. From Joan of Arc to the singer Johnny Hallyday, from Napoleon Bonaparte to Brigitte Bardot, from Voltaire to Versailles, from Notre Dame to village church bells, it took viewers on a tour of Mr. Zemmour’s imaginary France.
The France that — in the telling of this Jewish journalist of North African descent whose family arrived in France 70 years ago — existed before immigrants, Muslim veils, vandalism and mealy-mouthed elites led the country to its most recent strange defeat. » | Roger Cohen | Saturday, December 4, 2021
PARIS — The retro choreography was heavy-handed, its intent obvious: Éric Zemmour in a dark tie, eyes averted from the camera, reading into an old-fashioned microphone from sheets of paper, just like Charles de Gaulle in his famous speech from London on June 18, 1940, when he called for the liberation of a fallen France.
Mr. Zemmour is not a towering general, and France is not on its knees. But Mr. Zemmour, the far-right polemicist who this week announced his run for next year’s presidential election, understands the power of provocative imagery. Effrontery and scandal have propelled his outsider candidacy.
His campaign-launching video was a nationalistic call for reborn French glory. From Joan of Arc to the singer Johnny Hallyday, from Napoleon Bonaparte to Brigitte Bardot, from Voltaire to Versailles, from Notre Dame to village church bells, it took viewers on a tour of Mr. Zemmour’s imaginary France.
The France that — in the telling of this Jewish journalist of North African descent whose family arrived in France 70 years ago — existed before immigrants, Muslim veils, vandalism and mealy-mouthed elites led the country to its most recent strange defeat. » | Roger Cohen | Saturday, December 4, 2021
Friday, December 03, 2021
When a Far-right Candidate Has ‘le buzz’, France Shouldn’t Take Young People for Granted
THE GUARDIAN – OPINION: The youth movement around Éric Zemmour, though small, is an indication that this deeply political generation can also be nihilistic
A placard saying, ‘Stop spreading hatred, Monsieur Zemmour’, at a rally to mark Éric Zemmour’s visit to Geneva last week. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
They all rolled their eyes when I asked them what they thought of Éric Zemmour, the smirking far-right polemicist running for president. My students thought he was racist and wrote him off as a crank. They hated Marine Le Pen of the far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally) but took her seriously. You had to accept that she was part of the political furniture, but this guy was beyond the pale. He had, after all, been convicted of hate speech.
Yet even then he was depressingly mainstream, writing bestsellers containing Vichy apologia and hate-filled screeds against feminism and homosexuality. He had a column at Le Figaro where he penned conspiratorial pieces arguing that Christianity had made France but Islam was trying to break it. Recently, Zemmour has become a semi-permanent TV fixture. A murky infrastructure of donors and online shock troops supporting him has emerged, and he tours France meeting fans.
Zemmour’s politics are horribly nihilistic. His ideas are straight from extremist Renaud Camus’ “great replacement” theory of a concerted demographic annihilation of white Europeans by immigration. Although his new book, La France n’a pas dit son dernier mot (France Has Not Spoken Its Last Word), is tinged marginally with optimism, his conclusion about the supposed renaissance ignores living standards and lapses into a war cry against foreigners and those who dare object to police brutality.
He is frequently compared to Donald Trump, though politically Zemmour is a different beast. He is, in his own words, engaged in a Gramscian struggle over culture. His strategy seems more considered than Trump’s spasmodic demagoguery. » | Oliver Haynes | Thursday, December 2, 2021
This article was highly commended in the Guardian Foundation’s 2021 Hugo Young award, which champions political opinion writing among 18- to 25-year-olds
They all rolled their eyes when I asked them what they thought of Éric Zemmour, the smirking far-right polemicist running for president. My students thought he was racist and wrote him off as a crank. They hated Marine Le Pen of the far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally) but took her seriously. You had to accept that she was part of the political furniture, but this guy was beyond the pale. He had, after all, been convicted of hate speech.
Yet even then he was depressingly mainstream, writing bestsellers containing Vichy apologia and hate-filled screeds against feminism and homosexuality. He had a column at Le Figaro where he penned conspiratorial pieces arguing that Christianity had made France but Islam was trying to break it. Recently, Zemmour has become a semi-permanent TV fixture. A murky infrastructure of donors and online shock troops supporting him has emerged, and he tours France meeting fans.
Zemmour’s politics are horribly nihilistic. His ideas are straight from extremist Renaud Camus’ “great replacement” theory of a concerted demographic annihilation of white Europeans by immigration. Although his new book, La France n’a pas dit son dernier mot (France Has Not Spoken Its Last Word), is tinged marginally with optimism, his conclusion about the supposed renaissance ignores living standards and lapses into a war cry against foreigners and those who dare object to police brutality.
He is frequently compared to Donald Trump, though politically Zemmour is a different beast. He is, in his own words, engaged in a Gramscian struggle over culture. His strategy seems more considered than Trump’s spasmodic demagoguery. » | Oliver Haynes | Thursday, December 2, 2021
This article was highly commended in the Guardian Foundation’s 2021 Hugo Young award, which champions political opinion writing among 18- to 25-year-olds
Thursday, December 02, 2021
Wednesday, December 01, 2021
The Rise of Éric Zemmour Shows How Far France Has Shifted to the Right
THE GUARDIAN: The far-right media pundit is now a presidential candidate – and his toxic ideas have ever more mainstream support
Éric Zemmour announces his candidacy for the 2022 presidential election in a video broadcast on social media, Paris, 30 November 2021. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images
On 17 November, the far-right journalist and polemicist Éric Zemmour went on trial in Paris on charges of incitement to racial hatred. In September 2020, he had said on the French news broadcaster CNews that unaccompanied foreign minors were “thieves, they’re murderers, they’re rapists, that’s all they are. We must send them back”. He did not appear at the trial and was represented by his lawyers, who said the charges were unfounded. The verdict is expected to be delivered next year.
Zemmour has previously been convicted of incitement to racial hatred and religious hatred and been tried and acquitted in several other cases. But the stakes are different this time: the defendant is now a candidate for president of the French republic. In early November, polls indicated that up to 17% of the electorate would choose him for next president. This placed him behind only Emmanuel Macron, suggesting that the second round of the election could be between the two men. On 30 November, he officially announced his candidacy. » | Didier Fassin * | Wednesday, November 1, 2021
* Didier Fassin is a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and director of studies at the École des Hautes Études, Paris
On 17 November, the far-right journalist and polemicist Éric Zemmour went on trial in Paris on charges of incitement to racial hatred. In September 2020, he had said on the French news broadcaster CNews that unaccompanied foreign minors were “thieves, they’re murderers, they’re rapists, that’s all they are. We must send them back”. He did not appear at the trial and was represented by his lawyers, who said the charges were unfounded. The verdict is expected to be delivered next year.
Zemmour has previously been convicted of incitement to racial hatred and religious hatred and been tried and acquitted in several other cases. But the stakes are different this time: the defendant is now a candidate for president of the French republic. In early November, polls indicated that up to 17% of the electorate would choose him for next president. This placed him behind only Emmanuel Macron, suggesting that the second round of the election could be between the two men. On 30 November, he officially announced his candidacy. » | Didier Fassin * | Wednesday, November 1, 2021
* Didier Fassin is a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and director of studies at the École des Hautes Études, Paris
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Zemmours düstere Zukunftsvision
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Eric Zemmour sieht Frankreich auf dem Weg zu einem „Dritte-Welt-Land“. Deshalb hat der rechtsextreme Publizist seine Präsidentschaftskandidatur erklärt. Doch er verliert wichtige Unterstützer – zu groß sind seine Skandale.
In einer Videoaufzeichnung hat der rechtsextreme Publizist Eric Zemmour am Dienstag seine Präsidentschaftskandidatur erklärt: „Wir haben eine Mission zu erfüllen“, sagte der 63 Jahre alte Politiker. Er wolle „Frankreich retten“, deshalb habe er sich dazu entschieden, bei der Präsidentenwahl im nächsten Frühjahr anzutreten. Das Land sei nicht mehr wiederzuerkennen, sagte er und verwies auf „Masseneinwanderung, die alle Probleme verschärft hat“. Frankreich sei „eine große Nation“ und „ein großes Volk“. Er wolle diese Nation vor dem Aussterben bewahren. » | Von Michaela Wiegel, Paris | Dienstag, 30. November 2021
Éric Zemmour se déclare candidat à l'élection présidentielle de 2022
LE FIGARO : Le polémiste a officialisé sa décision dans une vidéo postée sur les réseaux sociaux ce mardi. Il sera l'invité du 20H de TF1 dans la soirée.
Le dernier étage de la fusée. Comme le laissaient présager son attitude et ses déclarations depuis la rentrée, Éric Zemmour a officiellement annoncé sa candidature à l'élection présidentielle de 2022. «Mes chers compatriotes, (...) comme vous, j'ai décidé de prendre notre destin en main. (...) Il n'est plus temps de réformer la France, mais de la sauver. J'ai décidé de me présenter à l'élection présidentielle. (...) Vive la République, et surtout vive la France !», a confirmé le nationaliste dans une vidéo publiée ce mardi 30 novembre sur les réseaux sociaux, dans laquelle il reprend les codes du Général de Gaulle lors de l'appel du 18-Juin : assis à un bureau, dans une bibliothèque, face à un imposant micro de radio. Le tout avec, pour fond musical, l'allegretto de la 7e symphonie de Beethoven. Une déclaration dont le format est inédit sous la Ve République, pour un parcours qui l'est tout autant. Regarder la vidéo » | Par Arthur Berdah et Wally Bordas | mardi 30 novembre 2021
Présidentielle 2022 : Éric Zemmour devrait officialiser sa candidature mardi »
Far-right TV pundit Éric Zemmour to run for French presidency: It is time to ‘save’ France, controversial figure says as he reads video speech posted on social media »
Éric Zemmours Kandidatur verheisst für Frankreichs Präsidentschaftswahlkampf nichts Gutes: Der rechtsextreme Publizist steigt offiziell ins Rennen um den Élysée-Palast ein. Ob ihm der Rollenwechsel vom Provokateur zum Kandidaten gelingt, ist fraglich. Doch einen Sieg kann er bereits verbuchen. »
Le dernier étage de la fusée. Comme le laissaient présager son attitude et ses déclarations depuis la rentrée, Éric Zemmour a officiellement annoncé sa candidature à l'élection présidentielle de 2022. «Mes chers compatriotes, (...) comme vous, j'ai décidé de prendre notre destin en main. (...) Il n'est plus temps de réformer la France, mais de la sauver. J'ai décidé de me présenter à l'élection présidentielle. (...) Vive la République, et surtout vive la France !», a confirmé le nationaliste dans une vidéo publiée ce mardi 30 novembre sur les réseaux sociaux, dans laquelle il reprend les codes du Général de Gaulle lors de l'appel du 18-Juin : assis à un bureau, dans une bibliothèque, face à un imposant micro de radio. Le tout avec, pour fond musical, l'allegretto de la 7e symphonie de Beethoven. Une déclaration dont le format est inédit sous la Ve République, pour un parcours qui l'est tout autant. Regarder la vidéo » | Par Arthur Berdah et Wally Bordas | mardi 30 novembre 2021
Présidentielle 2022 : Éric Zemmour devrait officialiser sa candidature mardi »
Far-right TV pundit Éric Zemmour to run for French presidency: It is time to ‘save’ France, controversial figure says as he reads video speech posted on social media »
Éric Zemmours Kandidatur verheisst für Frankreichs Präsidentschaftswahlkampf nichts Gutes: Der rechtsextreme Publizist steigt offiziell ins Rennen um den Élysée-Palast ein. Ob ihm der Rollenwechsel vom Provokateur zum Kandidaten gelingt, ist fraglich. Doch einen Sieg kann er bereits verbuchen. »
Monday, November 29, 2021
Présidentielle 2022 : Éric Zemmour devrait officialiser sa candidature mardi
LE FIGARO : Le polémiste pourrait se déclarer candidat aux alentours de midi, avant de s'exprimer le soir au 20 Heures de TF1.
Il passe à la vitesse supérieure. Au terme d'une vaste tournée promotionnelle, qui a rapidement pris des allures de précampagne, Éric Zemmour s'apprête à entrer de plain-pied dans l'étape d'après. Celle de sa candidature à l'élection présidentielle de 2022. Le polémiste sera en effet l'invité du 20H de TF1 ce mardi soir, pour confirmer au grand public une annonce qu'il devrait officialiser aux alentours de midi, selon un membre de son équipe de campagne - même si le format précis de sa déclaration reste tenu secret à ce stade. » | Par Arthur Berdah | lundi 29 novembre 2021
Sunday, November 21, 2021
The Observer View on the Far-right’s Power beyond the French Presidential Elections
THE OBSERVER – EDITORIAL: Eric Zemmour and others who stir up hatred are likely to fail electorally but have huge unchallenged cultural power
French far-right politician Eric Zemmour speaking in London on Friday. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
Eric Zemmour is unlikely to be the next president of France. In the first place, he is not yet officially a candidate. Second, his repellent brand of racist, far-right codswallop already has a well-established mouthpiece: Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally (formerly the National Front).
That said, Zemmour is doing well in opinion polls and is significantly influencing the election agenda. Known as a TV pundit and polemicist, his latest bestseller, France Has Not Had Its Final Word, is a pseudo-intellectual requiem for “the death of France as we know it”, by which he means white, Catholic France. In short, Zemmour claims Muslims are out to capture the state.
Such drivel might be dismissed out of hand but for the fact that, according to one recent survey at least, 61% of French people believe it is certain or probable that the white, Christian populations of Europe face extinction because of Muslim immigration from Africa. A civil war is coming, Zemmour warns; France could become an Islamic republic. A lot of voters appear to have taken fright. » | Editorial | Sunday, November 21, 2021
French presidential hopeful Éric Zemmour begins race hate trial: Far-right TV pundit on trial for calling unaccompanied child migrants ‘thieves, killers and rapists’ »
Eric Zemmour is unlikely to be the next president of France. In the first place, he is not yet officially a candidate. Second, his repellent brand of racist, far-right codswallop already has a well-established mouthpiece: Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally (formerly the National Front).
That said, Zemmour is doing well in opinion polls and is significantly influencing the election agenda. Known as a TV pundit and polemicist, his latest bestseller, France Has Not Had Its Final Word, is a pseudo-intellectual requiem for “the death of France as we know it”, by which he means white, Catholic France. In short, Zemmour claims Muslims are out to capture the state.
Such drivel might be dismissed out of hand but for the fact that, according to one recent survey at least, 61% of French people believe it is certain or probable that the white, Christian populations of Europe face extinction because of Muslim immigration from Africa. A civil war is coming, Zemmour warns; France could become an Islamic republic. A lot of voters appear to have taken fright. » | Editorial | Sunday, November 21, 2021
French presidential hopeful Éric Zemmour begins race hate trial: Far-right TV pundit on trial for calling unaccompanied child migrants ‘thieves, killers and rapists’ »
Monday, November 08, 2021
The French Have a New Donald Trump in Eric Zemmour, the Far-right Firebrand
VANITY FAIR: A onetime fixture of an ultraconservative TV network, the would-be candidate is stoking fear and loathing across France.
A screenshot from the photo accompanying the article.
A media star with no political experience throws his hat into the ring and soars in the presidential polls. Hurling crude insults at his critics, bashing the elites, vilifying the press, and lavishing praise upon Russia, he rides a wave of populist anger, fear, and xenophobia as he promises to restore his demoralized country to its former glory. No wonder many pundits are calling Eric Zemmour the French Donald Trump. Zemmour, 63, who aides say is about to announce his candidacy, freely acknowledges Trump’s rise to power as a blueprint for his own potential run. He even modeled the cover of his latest book, France Has Not Said Its Final Word, on Trump’s 2015 manifesto, Great Again.Both men pose like patriotic saviors in front of their national flag. Both men have been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women. (Zemmour has declined to respond to the allegations.)
Beyond the obvious similarities, however, the differences between Trump and Zemmour are substantial. Trump is an uncultivated vulgarian. Zemmour, in contrast, is an articulate, well-read intellectual whose speeches are peppered with literary and historical references. Trump succeeded by taking over the Republican Party; Zemmour, who belongs to no party, is scrambling to improvise a movement of his own. With his height, girth, and outlandish coiffure, Trump is physically imposing; Zemmour is balding, of modest stature and slight build, with a reedy voice—the kind of guy Trump would make fun of if he were in the opposing camp.
Perhaps the main thing the two men share is their status as outsiders that no one took seriously until they began to get traction in national polls. In Zemmour’s case, the rise has been meteoric: Credited in June with a 5.5% share of the theoretical vote, he has more than tripled that margin and now has a serious chance of facing off against President Emmanuel Macron in the runoff of France’s two-round election next April. Until recently, conventional wisdom had pointed to a replay of the 2017 matchup between Macron and Marine Le Pen, of the far-right anti-immigrant National Rally (R.N.) party, who has been trying to moderate her image. But by outflanking her on the radical right—and relentlessly insisting that “Marine can’t win”—Zemmour could lure a substantial number of Le Pen’s 2017 voters to his camp. » | Tom Sancton | Monday, November 8, 2021
A media star with no political experience throws his hat into the ring and soars in the presidential polls. Hurling crude insults at his critics, bashing the elites, vilifying the press, and lavishing praise upon Russia, he rides a wave of populist anger, fear, and xenophobia as he promises to restore his demoralized country to its former glory. No wonder many pundits are calling Eric Zemmour the French Donald Trump. Zemmour, 63, who aides say is about to announce his candidacy, freely acknowledges Trump’s rise to power as a blueprint for his own potential run. He even modeled the cover of his latest book, France Has Not Said Its Final Word, on Trump’s 2015 manifesto, Great Again.Both men pose like patriotic saviors in front of their national flag. Both men have been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women. (Zemmour has declined to respond to the allegations.)
Beyond the obvious similarities, however, the differences between Trump and Zemmour are substantial. Trump is an uncultivated vulgarian. Zemmour, in contrast, is an articulate, well-read intellectual whose speeches are peppered with literary and historical references. Trump succeeded by taking over the Republican Party; Zemmour, who belongs to no party, is scrambling to improvise a movement of his own. With his height, girth, and outlandish coiffure, Trump is physically imposing; Zemmour is balding, of modest stature and slight build, with a reedy voice—the kind of guy Trump would make fun of if he were in the opposing camp.
Perhaps the main thing the two men share is their status as outsiders that no one took seriously until they began to get traction in national polls. In Zemmour’s case, the rise has been meteoric: Credited in June with a 5.5% share of the theoretical vote, he has more than tripled that margin and now has a serious chance of facing off against President Emmanuel Macron in the runoff of France’s two-round election next April. Until recently, conventional wisdom had pointed to a replay of the 2017 matchup between Macron and Marine Le Pen, of the far-right anti-immigrant National Rally (R.N.) party, who has been trying to moderate her image. But by outflanking her on the radical right—and relentlessly insisting that “Marine can’t win”—Zemmour could lure a substantial number of Le Pen’s 2017 voters to his camp. » | Tom Sancton | Monday, November 8, 2021
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
A Jewish Far-Right Pundit Splits the French Jewish Community as He Rises
THE NEW YORK TIMES Éric Zemmour, eyeing the presidency, tries to rehabilitate the wartime Vichy regime that collaborated with the Nazis as part of a campaign filled with provocations.
Éric Zemmour attending an event last month for his new book in Versailles, France. Mr. Zemmour, 63, has done nothing to deny intense speculation that he will soon become a candidate for the French presidency. | Chesnot/Getty Images
PARIS — There have been many startling elements to Éric Zemmour’s as yet undeclared campaign to forge a hard-right path to the French presidency, but perhaps none as surprising as his attempt to rehabilitate France’s collaborationist wartime regime.
“Vichy protected French Jews and gave the foreign Jews,” Mr. Zemmour said in September on CNews, a growing Fox News-like TV channel, one of several remarks suggesting that the wartime government of Marshal Philippe Pétain that sent more than 72,500 Jews to their deaths was not so bad after all.
The comment was shocking not least because Mr. Zemmour is Jewish. From 1942 onward, there is no evidence that the Vichy regime tried to protect French Jews. It collaborated with the Nazis to round up Jews, whether foreign or French.
Clearly borrowed from the Trump playbook of staying at the top of the news through provocation and outrage, Mr. Zemmour’s declarations have divided the French Jewish community and made the unsayable sayable. But they have not slowed the giddy rise of this smooth-talking TV star and author, with the French presidential election less than six months away. » | Roger Cohen | Monday, October 25, 2021
PARIS — There have been many startling elements to Éric Zemmour’s as yet undeclared campaign to forge a hard-right path to the French presidency, but perhaps none as surprising as his attempt to rehabilitate France’s collaborationist wartime regime.
“Vichy protected French Jews and gave the foreign Jews,” Mr. Zemmour said in September on CNews, a growing Fox News-like TV channel, one of several remarks suggesting that the wartime government of Marshal Philippe Pétain that sent more than 72,500 Jews to their deaths was not so bad after all.
The comment was shocking not least because Mr. Zemmour is Jewish. From 1942 onward, there is no evidence that the Vichy regime tried to protect French Jews. It collaborated with the Nazis to round up Jews, whether foreign or French.
Clearly borrowed from the Trump playbook of staying at the top of the news through provocation and outrage, Mr. Zemmour’s declarations have divided the French Jewish community and made the unsayable sayable. But they have not slowed the giddy rise of this smooth-talking TV star and author, with the French presidential election less than six months away. » | Roger Cohen | Monday, October 25, 2021
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Éric Zemmour veut rompre avec la doctrine atlantiste
LE FIGARO : À Rouen, l’essayiste a livré un exposé géopolitique offensif à l’égard des États-Unis.
Cinq cent quatre-vingt-dix ans plus tard, l’exécution de la pucelle d’Orléans sur le bûcher n’a visiblement pas été digérée. Dans le cadre de sa tournée de promotion de son dernier livre, La France n’a pas dit son dernier mot , Éric Zemmour a profité d’une étape à Rouen, ville normande où est morte Jeanne d’Arc, pour ébaucher quarante-cinq minutes durant ses vues sur les relations internationales et la défense nationale. Devant les gradins clairsemés - une fois n’est pas coutume - du Zénith de la ville, l’essayiste a dessiné un exposé géopolitique particulièrement offensif à l’égard du monde anglo-saxon.
Contre les Anglais, «nos ennemis depuis mille ans», et tout particulièrement vis-à-vis des États-Unis, face auxquels gouvernements successifs de droite et de gauche seraient coupables de s’être «couchés», assure Éric Zemmour. «Pour nos élites, c’est presque un soulagement: ils se réjouissent que la France se contente d’être sagement une puissance moyenne, à l’ombre des grands (…), ils se trompent lourdement: dans les relations internationales, il n’y a pas de places paisibles pour les seconds rôles.» » | Par Charles Sapin | vendredi 22 octobre 2021
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Sunday, October 17, 2021
Zemmour, un «révisionniste» pro-Vichy, fustige Beaune
LE FIGARO : Les propos du candidat non déclaré à la présidentielle de 2022 sont «à vomir», a estimé ce dimanche le secrétaire d'État aux Affaires européenne.
Les propos d'Éric Zemmour réhabilitant le régime de Vichy relèvent du «révisionnisme et de l'antisémitisme traditionnel» et sont «à vomir», a estimé dimanche le secrétaire d'État aux Affaires européenne, Clément Beaune, au Forum de Radio J.
Le polémiste, qui ne cache pas ses ambitions présidentielles, affirme notamment que le maréchal Pétain, chef du régime de Vichy, a sauvé des juifs français. «Eric Zemmour, c'est l'un des visages de ce qui est une longue tradition dans notre pays, l'extrême droite française haineuse antisémite (...) Il (en) est l'un des visages temporaires mais dangereux », a lancé Clément Beaune. «Le mythe du Pétain protecteur des juifs ne résiste pas une seconde à l'analyse historique (...) M. Zemmour se pare de mensonges historiques scandaleux», a ajouté le secrétaire d'État. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | dimanche 17 octobre 2021
The Guardian view on French politics: the great moving right show: The tone of France’s presidential election campaign suggests a society that is becoming increasingly illiberal – Since the election of Emmanuel Macron as president in 2017, it has been tempting to view French politics in somewhat Manichean terms. Four years ago, Mr Macron won by (comfortably) beating Marine Le Pen in the second round runoff. Until this autumn, it seemed extremely likely that next spring’s election would be a rematch. Division and disarray on the French left, and the continuing slump of the centre-right Républicains party, left voters with a seemingly stark choice: centrist liberalism or far-right nationalism. This normalisation of the Le Pen dynasty was bad enough. But recent polls suggest a more complicated picture; and from a progressive standpoint, perhaps a more disturbing one. »
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