Eric Zemmour, The New Face of the French Far Right: Media-Sponsored, Neoliberal, and Reactionary
Journal: Journal of Illiberalism Studies
Year: 2022

French polemist and far-right candidate to the presidency Éric Zemmour personifies a new form of identitarian conservatism, combining a revival of radical notions long taboo in the French political culture—such as race—with more traditional pro-Catholicism language and a neoliberal approach to economics. This article explores Zemmour’s trajectory from journalist to polemist to political activist; his strategy of competing with Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National through his ambitious project