# French far-right politician Éric Zemmour joins 2027 presidential race

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/french-far-right-politician-eric-zemmour-joins-2027-presidential-race/
- Published: 2026-11-11T07:08:26+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T07:19:36+00:00
- Original publisher: France 24 (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20261111-french-far-right-politician-%C3%A9ric-zemmour-joins-2027-presidential-race
- Topics: Europe, World

## Key points

- Éric Zemmour has declared his 2027 presidential candidacy.
- He proposes reducing France’s immigrant population by two million.
- Marine Le Pen is widely projected to lead the first round.

## Summary

Éric Zemmour has formally announced he will run in France’s 2027 presidential election, campaigning on a sharp reduction in immigration. His entry adds another far-right candidate to a race in which Marine Le Pen is widely projected to lead the first round.

Zemmour, 68, leads the Reconquete! party and finished fourth in the 2022 election. He says he wants two million fewer immigrants by the end of his proposed five-year term, including by expelling foreign offenders in prison and foreign residents who have been unemployed for more than six months. He was convicted in 2020 over remarks about Muslims wearing traditional religious clothing.

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