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Eric Zemmour celebrating after his first rally on December 5 in Villepinte, north of Paris.
Eric Zemmour celebrating after his first gathering on December 5 in Villepinte, north of Paris. Photography: Rafael Yaghobzadeh / AP
Macron said he would celebrate the bravery of the 80 parliamentarians who, in 1940, opposed the vote giving Pétain full powers.

Zemmour, a Paris-born son of Jewish Berbers who emigrated from Algeria in the 1950s, has been called a dangerous racist and Holocaust denier by the French Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti. On television this week, Zemmour disagreed that he was a Holocaust denier and said his opponents called him a racist to demean his campaign and supporters.
into the row with an official visit to Vichy shows that the government is stepping up its offensive against Zemmour. Although the polemicist, who has no electoral experience, has retreated from his strong performance phone number library in the polls this fall, he is still seen as a serious contender in the first round. Two finalists will pass a second round on April 24. Polls currently show Macron as the favorite to win.

A government spokesperson, Gabriel Attal, said on Wednesday: “There are several visions of French history that clash in the public debate. Ours is the work of historians, on the basis of facts, documentation, research, and not on the basis of personal whim and a desire to use it for political ends. Those who erase the crimes of the past somehow justify those of the future. On the contrary, we must learn from the past in all its complexity, including the darkest pages of our history.

On Thursday, Macron’s Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire and Zemmour will hold a prime time debate on the France 2 television channel.Burkina Faso’s demand for “combatants’ government” in difficulty as prime minister resigns
Published on: 12/10/2021 – 00:34Amended: 12/10/2021 – 12:32 AM