Eric Zemur is unlikely to become the next French president. First of all, he is not yet an official candidate. Second, his disgusting racist, far-right cod brand has a perfect mouthpiece: Marina Le Pen, The leader of the National Assembly (former National Front).
That said, Zemore Performed well in opinion polls and had a major impact on the election agenda. Known as a TV critic and debater, his latest bestseller, France has not yet concluded, Is the pseudo-intellectual requiem of “the death of France as we know it”. He means white, Catholic France. In short, Zemur claims that Muslims want to occupy this country.
This kind of nonsense may be rejected across the board, but in fact, at least according to a recent survey, 61% of French believe that the white Christian population in Europe must or may face extinction due to Muslim immigrants from Africa. Zemmour warned that a civil war is coming; France may become an Islamic republic.Many voters seem to have Terrified.
This harmful argument is rooted in the “great alternative theory” peddled by French far-right “thinkers” and adopted by like-minded bigots in the United States and elsewhere in Donald Trump. “The French people, their customs, their history, their country, their civilization, their civilization” are facing survival risks, Zemore claimed. In the past, Protestants or Jews flogged boys. Now I am a Muslim.
Zemur, like Le Pen, accused the “elite” represented by the president Emmanuel Macron And the European Union, for the problem of France. He will suspend the Schengen free movement rules (which will please Priti Patel). He wants France to ignore the European Court of Justice. He said that Britain and France are historical enemies, but Britain should not be punished for Brexit. All disturbingly Johnson.
If he participates in the April elections, Zemore is Expected Won 14.9% of the first round of votes, while Le Pen was 19.6%. This expected split suggests that she, not him, will face 26% of the current president in the second round. This is what happened in 2017, when Macron won by a 2-1 advantage. He is expected to do so again.
What’s more interesting and worrying for Macron is that Xavier Bertrand, Valérie Pécresse or Michel BarnierIf selected to lead the center-right Republican Party, it may surpass Le Pen and reach the finals, as François Fillon almost did in 2017. This situation poses a greater danger to Macron. Zemmour’s rampage of hatred only ensures that his ugly idea fails in the ballot box.
Therefore, it is clear that the real threat posed by Zemmour is not an election. This is ideology and culture. It poses a threat to the social structure of France, which in turn poses a threat to other European countries, where fierce issues of identity, security, and national decline have contributed to the rise of xenophobic populist politicians. The divided Zemmour originated from the fear of change, the fear of difference, and the fear of each other.
Brexit has brought this sentiment to the surface, and the UK certainly understands it.Controversial Zemore Visit to London Spread his insidious bile last week. However, the fundamental difference still exists. For example, the investigation into the shocking racism in British cricket is extremely painful. But it reveals that a country is determined to eradicate this poison and find better ways of inclusiveness, no matter how imperfect and clumsy. Can France honestly say the same thing?
What Zemmour has dramatized in these two countries and throughout Europe is the continued failure of the political and intellectual left to develop reliable alternative platforms to refute the lies and distortions of the right. The approval rating of French socialists, who came to power under François Hollande only four years ago, has dropped to 4.8%. In the UK, according to all precedents, the Labour Party should have won, but this is not the case. The struggle against the political weaponization of fear and hatred is far from winning.
