The rise of Zemmour shows how far to the right France has shifted Didier Fassin
The far-right journalist and polemicist Éric Zemmour went on trial in Paris on 17 November on charges of incitement to racial hatred. In September 2020, he had said on the French news broadcaster CNews that unaccompanied foreign minors were “thieves, they’re murderers, they’re rapists, that’s all they are. We must send them back.” He did not appear at the trial and was represented by his lawyers, who said the charges were unfounded. The verdict is expected to be delivered next year.
Zemmour has previously been convicted of incitement
