Prof. Michel Wieviorka, from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, and France 24 journalist, Shirli Sitbon join host Simon Spungin to discuss the rise and rise of Eric Zemmour.
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Who is the leading noncandidate, who is already disrupting next year’s French presidential election with his hashtag provocations, his anti-immigrant rhetoric, and his outrageous rewriting of French history?
We ask: Can the Jewish candidate who puts anti-Muslim policies at the top of his agenda win over French voters – including the country’s Jewish population? Is he, as the chief rabbi of France recently claimed, an antisemite? And is he as dangerous as Donald Trump?
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