French far-right presidential candidate Éric Zemmour defended his idea of establishing a ministry of ‘remigration’ during a press conference. With that idea, Zemmour wants to expel “migrants we no longer want”. In particular, this concerns delinquents, criminals or people who are being followed by State Security (‘sheet S’). ‘Remigration’ is not a sign of “radicalism”, but of “determination”, according to Zemmour.
‘Remigration’ refers to the – compulsory or voluntary – return of migrants to their country of origin. “100,000 people could be turned back a year. It is about the remigration of people we no longer want. If someone comes to your house and destroys everything and attacks you, you send that person away and back home,” the presidential candidate said after campaigning in the market of Aulnay-sous-Bois, near Paris. “We should not be afraid of words that frighten a small group of people (journalists). There is no radicalism, just a determination that I want to strengthen,” said the presidential candidate.
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Zemmour also said voters think like him, including voters of Marine Le Pen’s ‘Rassemblement National’, the other far-right candidate in the polls who is in second place in the polls. According to Zemmour, RN voters feel that Le Pen has denied her party’s basic ideas. “They also want France to remain France,” he said.
Le Pen herself said during a campaign rally that she “feel nothing” for the idea. Zemmour “is adopting this concept, which is probably because the conditions of the election are not as promising as he had hoped.” Zemmour, for example, gets about 10 percent in the polls. The candidate does not want to set up a similar ministry, but does want to deport the same categories of migrants as Zemmour.
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