Another far-right politician joins France’s presidential race
Reconquest party leader Eric Zemmour says he will run in next year's presidential election, vowing to crack down on immigration and expel unemployed foreign residents.
Paris - French far-right politician Eric Zemmour announced on Friday that he will run in next year's presidential election, promising to strengthen immigration control and deport unemployed foreigners, regardless of their legal status. Zemmour, leader of the Reconquest party, placed fourth in the last presidential election held in 2022.
He joins the race as Marine Le Pen, another prominent far-right candidate, seeks her best chance at winning power in the upcoming presidential race, following President Emmanuel Macron's departure. Zemmour, a veteran politician from the National Rally party, has been expected to lead in the first round of voting. The anti-immigration National Rally party's candidate supports halting immigration and the repatriation of foreigners back to their countries.
According to opinion polls, Le Pen is currently leading in the first round of the presidential elections, with centrist ex-prime minister Edouard Philippe potentially facing her in the second round if his centrist rival Gabriel Attal withdraws from the race. Alternatively, Jean-Luc Melenchon, the hard-left leader, could be her opponent.
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