Eric ZemmourPARIS Jan 24French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour called for the lifting of sanctions against Russia, he said on the air of the France 5 TV channel. The politician also admitted that he is a great admirer of Russian culture. «I love the Russian people, I love their culture, their literature. I am a huge admirer of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Vasily Grossman. I believe that the French and Russians are two great peoples who are more alike than we think,» he said, when asked what he would say to the Russian people.
The head of the French Interior Ministry called Le Pen «the most dangerous person for the country.» Zemmour also noted that he did not believe in interference in the elections by Russia, which Moscow categorically denies. «As I understand it, it was the Americans who bugged their allies rather than the Russians,» the politician said. On November 30, French journalist and writer of extreme right views Zemmour officially announced his candidacy for the presidential elections in France and the creation of his own Reconquest party ( Reconquete). He is known for his tough position on the issue of immigration, in particular, he advocates remigration — the forced return of migrants to their homeland. The French presidential elections will be held in April. A number of candidates have already declared their desire to run for the presidency. Among them are the leader of the right-wing National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, the head of the left-wing France Insubordinate party, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the candidate of the center-right Republican party, Valerie Pecresse, the member of the Europe-Ecology-Greens party, Yannick Jadot, the national secretary Communist Party Fabien Roussel, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, who is running for election from the Socialist Party, former French Minister of Justice Christian Tobira. President Emmanuel Macron, although he expressed his desire to participate in the elections, has not yet officially declared himself a candidate. second round of French presidential elections
