Eric Zemmour Announces Candidacy for French Presidential Election
Eric Zemmour announced his candidacy for next year's French presidential election to ensure the future of the country remains French.
Reconquest party leader Eric Zemmour announced on Tuesday that he will run in next year's French presidential election. Speaking to TF1 TV, Zemmour stated he is standing to ensure the future of the country remains French.
Zemmour previously contested the 2022 election, where he secured 7% of the first-round vote. He is a former journalist known for anti-Islam and anti-immigrant views and holds a 2020 criminal conviction for describing people in traditional religious clothing as part of an "invasion" and "colonization."
Recent polling indicates that far-right leader Marine Le Pen and hard-left rival Jean-Luc Melenchon currently lead in voting intentions. Le Pen is identified as the likely winner of the upcoming election.
