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Zemmour's campaign launch painted a dark vision of France

1 December 2021

1:34 AM

1 December 2021

1:34 AM

So it’s official: Eric Zemmour will stand as a candidate in next year’s French presidential election. It was hardly a shock when he launched his campaign this morning with a video that was the visual equivalent of a Michel Houellebecq novel. Nearly seven years ago, Houellebecq’s novel, Submission, depicted an incipient civil war in France as the 2022 election approached.

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