Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“French far-right [authort] Eric Zemmour, known for his anti-Islam and anti-immigrant stance, has he will be standing in next year’s presidential election. Zemmour, a 68-year-old Jewish author and veteran television commentator, finished fourth in the 2022 presidential election. This time, he says he wants to expel foreign offenders who are in prison, as well as ‘foreign unemployed people who have been out of work for more than six months’, even if they are legal residents. He says he wants ‘two million fewer immigrants’ in France. … [Marine] Le Pen, who is the leader of the far-right National Rally party, is widely projected to win the election to replace Emmanuel Macron, who will end his term as president of France. Meanwhile, far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon of the France Unbowed party, who has been accused of encouraging the unrest, unveiled his programme on Saturday to some 17,000 supporters.” (11/10/26)