this French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemur A few days ago, after he officially announced his candidacy in a video highlighting anti-immigration and anti-Islamic views, he appeared to be trapped by a protester in his first election campaign.
Online videos appear to show that Zemore was caught by a man at a heated rally near Paris on Sunday. According to reports, anti-racism activists were also attacked during this period.
The former TV expert announced on Tuesday that he will participate in the April elections next year, joining the ranks of challengers seeking to overthrow the centrist President Emmanuel Macron.
He held his first event at an exhibition center on the outskirts of Paris. Whenever he mentioned reducing immigration, thousands of people cheered for him and booed loudly for every mention of Macron.
“The stakes are huge: if I win, it will be the beginning of winning back the most beautiful country in the world,” Zemur told the crowd.
When the militants stood up, their T-shirts read “Against Racism.” Fighting broke out and chairs were thrown at them. At least two of them saw bloodshed when they were expelled from the auditorium.
A staff member from the popular but vital Quotidien night TV news program was also booed and expelled by the security guards. Hostility to the media was a feature of the event speech.
After opinion polls showed that the approval rate for Zemore fell last month, Zemore tried to keep his intentions in suspense, so this rebound was seen as an opportunity for Zemore to regain momentum.
Opinion polls show that voters currently believe that Marina Le Pen, the senior leader of the far-right National Rally Party, will become a more competent president than Zemur.
The latest survey shows that if an election is held now, he will be eliminated in the first round, Macron is expected to win ahead of Le Pen, but analysts warned that the result is still highly uncertain.
Zemo vowed that if he is elected, he will reduce immigration to almost zero, substantially strengthen the naturalization process, and expel failed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants.
French right-wing Republican party elected Valerie Pecresse, owner of the Paris region After a primary election focused on immigration and crime, he was nominated as a nominee on Saturday.
The police remained vigilant against ultra-left activists and anarchists who disrupted Zemur’s journey to the south of the port city of Marseille last weekend. Finally, the candidate raised his middle finger to a protesting woman.
In addition to a series of recent mistakes, Zemur has also seen several far-right influential figures who distanced himself from him, including his main financial supporters.
