Far-right hopeful Zemmour toughens already tough line on immigration
By France24
27 March 2022 |
2:42 pm
After weeks of running neck-and-neck, vetran far-right leader Marine Le Pen has surged ahead of her rival Eric Zemmour. The far-right former TV pundit Zemmour is trying to revive his campaign by toughening, again, his rhetoric.
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