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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Trump had a phone call with Éric Zemmour, per the French presidential candidate's campaign.</li><li>Zemmour said Trump told him to "stay true to myself" and that they "share the same ideas."</li></ul>Former President <keyword id="11914386" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="donald-trump" source="Orion">Donald Trump</keyword> has been in touch with French <keyword id="12123754" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="far-right" source="Orion">far-right</keyword> presidential candidate Éric Zemmour and spoke with him on the phone Monday for 40 minutes, according to the Zemmour campaign.Prior to the call, <a href="https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/elections/presidentielle/ne-cedez-pas-selon-ses-equipes-eric-zemmour-et-donald-trump-ont-echange-au-telephone_AN-202202150037.html">first reported by BFMTV</a>, the pair also considered meeting at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, but decided to speak over the phone first."He told me to remain who I am, that the media would call me brutal but that what mattered was to stay true to myself," Zemmour told reporters on Tuesday.According to quotes relayed by the Zemmour campaign to BFMTV in French and translated to English by Insider, Trump told Zemmour that the media is treating him terribly and that he should "never change.""Never change if you want to win," Trump reportedly said. Trump's post-presidency office did not return Insider's request for comment.Zemmour has advocated for mass deportations, constructing a European Union border wall, and has <a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2021/11/30/eric-zemmour-meet-the-right-wing-tv-pundit-set-to-shake-up-france-s-presidential-race">called unaccompanied migrant children</a> "robbers," "murderers," and "rapists." He is also in favor of a closer relationship between France and Russia with less reliance on the US.He is the leader of the newly formed "Reconquête!" party, or "Reconquest" in English.The call with Trump comes on the heels of one of the most significant developments of Zemmour's campaign thus far. On Sunday, Stéphane Ravier, <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2022/article/2022/02/13/stephane-ravier-senateur-rn-annonce-son-ralliement-a-eric-zemmour_6113478_6059010.html">the lone senator of right-wing rival Marine Le Pen's National Rally party</a>, formerly known as the National Front, endorsed Zemmour.Formerly a public intellectual and conservative TV pundit on CNews — <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/world/europe/france-cnews-fox-far-right.html">a French news outlet rebranded as right-leaning in 2017</a> — Zemmour is vying for a top two finish in the presidential election's first round on April 10.Candidates from all parties can run in the first round, while the second round functions similarly to a US general election, but is decided by the popular vote instead.French President <keyword id="12153499" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="emmanuel-macron" source="Orion">Emmanuel Macron</keyword> remains in a strong position in public polling despite his <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-23/macron-s-approval-rating-falls-to-37-as-french-election-looms">approval rating hovering in the high 30 percent to low 40 percent range</a>. Zemmour is among three candidates vying for the second spot, competing with Le Pen and her more established party along with center-right candidate Valérie Précesse of The Republicans.Following the presidency of François Hollande of the Socialist Party, there has been an erosion of the two major parties in France — the Socialist Party and The Republicans — allowing for the rise of Macron and his Republic on the Move party and for the likes of Zemmour.Trump had previously expressed support for Le Pen back in the 2017 <keyword id="13181525" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="french-presidential-election" source="Orion">French presidential election</keyword>.While the phone call with Zemmour was not a full-fledged endorsement, it marks a notable shift in the dynamics of the race and underscores Trump's continuing influence on the global-far right.

Trump called French far-right presidential candidate Éric Zemmour and told him to 'never change,' according to campaign

<ul class="summary-list"><li>France's far-right presidential candidate <keyword id="13124513" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="eric-zemmour" source="Orion">Eric Zemmour</keyword> said he is closest to <keyword id="11911533" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="boris-johnson" source="Orion">Boris Johnson</keyword>.</li><li>Zemmour said he was 'culturally, intellectually' more similar to prime minister than other leaders.</li></ul>France's far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour says he has more in common with Boris Johnson than any other world leader.Zemmour has become prominent in France for his anti-Islam and anti-immigration views and has been prosecuted for hate speech three times, most recently in January for describing migrant children as <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60022996">"thieves," "rapists," and "murderers." </a>During an interview with <a href="https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/un-candidat-face-au-7-9/un-candidat-face-au-7-9-du-lundi-07-fevrier-2022">radio station France Inter</a>, Zemmour was asked which leader he had most in common with."You have not mentioned Boris Johnson and I am astonished because he is without doubt the leader I feel I am closest to, culturally, intellectually," he said. Like Johnson, Zemmour is a former journalist who has written popular history books. Both have campaigned on populist agendas which promised to control immigration: Johnson promised an Australian points-based style system to control immigration when he was elected in 2019. Zemmour, meanwhile, has promised to introduce a "zero-immigration" policy if he wins the presidency.Zemmour <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/france-lacks-the-bottle-for-brexit-says-ric-zemmour-mkfwqj00k">has praised Brexit</a> and suggested that France lacked the courage to follow the UK in leaving the EU.Both politicians have drawn comparisons to former US President Donald Trump, with President Joe Biden memorably having branded Johnson a "<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/474419-biden-calls-boris-johnson-a-physical-and-emotional-clone-of-trump">physical and emotional clone</a>" of his predecessor in the White House. Johnson also drew extensive criticism last week for invoking what experts said <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-jimmy-savile-slur-conservative-mp-despair-2022-2?r=US&amp;IR=T">was a far-right Trumpian slur against Labour leader Keir Starmer.</a>Johnson accused Starmer in the House of Commons of failing to prosecute the late pedophile Jimmy Saville when he was Director of Public Prosecutions — a widely discredited conspiracy theory for which he has refused to apologise.This is not the first time he has made the comparison. Zemmour insisted in November he was more like Johnson than Trump, telling Bloomberg News: "I'm not upset that I'm compared to Donald Trump but always makes me laugh because you should always compare me to Boris Johnson."

France's far-right presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour says his political soulmate is Boris Johnson

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A right-wing TV host in France linked the Paris' bedbug outbreak to immigrants.</li><li>Pascal Praud is under investigation by France's media watchdog.</li></ul>A right-wing pundit in France is under investigation by Arcom, the country's audiovisual regulator, for making "racist" comments about the current bedbug infestation in Paris, <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/french-tv-host-condemned-for-asking-if-migrants-are-to-blame-for-bedbugs-vfxgtwf2h" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Times reports</a>.Pascal Praud, a TV host on right-wing channel CNews, asked Nicolas Roux de Bezieux, the founder of a pest control firm, whether immigrants had caused the onslaught of bedbugs. "There's a lot of immigration at the moment," Praud said on air. "These are people who don't have the same hygiene conditions who are now on French soil. Could it be linked to that?" Roux de Bezieux rebuffed the controversial question, answering: "Absolutely not," <a href="https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/10/04/paris-bed-bug-crisis-why-has-a-popular-french-tv-host-been-accused-of-racism">per Euronews</a>.<a href="https://www.insider.com/paris-battles-infestation-of-bloodsucking-bedbugs-in-cinemas-airports-2023-9">Paris is currently battling a major bedbug infestation</a>, with reports of the bloodsucking pests being spotted in the French capital's movie theaters, trains, and at Charles-de-Gaulle Airport, at a time when France is hosting the Rugby World Cup and preparing to host the Paris 2024 Olympics.Videos posted on social media appear to show the tiny insects crawling over seats on a <a href="https://twitter.com/Mediavenir/status/1707747275076706320" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">commuter train</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/bergeambe/status/1707909170186371392" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">on the Paris metro.</a>On Friday, the education ministry said in a statement to Agence France-Presse that five schools with a total of 1,500 students had been closed.<h2>Hate speech in the media</h2><div type="image" title="Bedbugs" height="1843" width="2458" msid="104240743" hostid="261" sizebytes="250404"></div>CNews is France's second most-watched 24-hour news channel and it reportedly aligns with the views of Marine Le Pen's populist right-wing National Rally party, per The Times. It is considered the French equivalent of Fox News.Politicians from far-left La France Insoumise and President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party filed a complaint with Arcom, deeming Praud's question racist.Bérangère Couillard, Minister for Gender Equality and Fight Against Discrimination, called the question "shocking." She said: "I will never accept hate speech in the media," The Times reported.David Belliard, Paris' Deputy Mayor, called the comments "stupid and racist," and added that CNews' views could be summarized in the clip.Praud hosts a show that brings together experts and far-right speakers who often debate inflammatory topics such as immigration and Islam. The show, called "L'Heure des Pros," partly drove the network to its highest monthly viewership this September, Euronews reports. Praud doubled down amid the backlash, addressing critics: "I was insulted, harassed, defamed for asking a simple question. Does a journalist need to justify himself for the questions he asks?" per Euronews. He called the fallout a "manhunt" and flipped the script, demanding that Arcom defends him. This isn't the first time CNews has faced repercussions from Arcom. Last year, they became the first rolling news channel to be fined by the media regulator for inciting hatred and violence, per Euronews.They were fined the equivalent of $210,000 after far-right politician and journalist Eric Zemmour made comments on asylum seekers and child migrants that were considered hate speech, per Euronews. Bedbugs are small wingless insects, around 5 to 7 millimeters in length, that feed on the blood of humans and animals. Often found in bedding and furniture, they can easily travel on clothing and luggage. While they are <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/bedbugs/faqs.html#:~:text=where%20people%20sleep.-,Do%20bed%20bugs%20spread%20disease%3F,of%20a%20secondary%20skin%20infection." target="_blank" rel="noopener">not necessarily considered dangerous or spreaders of disease</a>, their bites can cause itchy spots.Minority groups have long been baselessly blamed by the far-right for being disease carriers. In pre-war France, the antisemitic novelist Louis-Ferdinand Céline wrote a pamphlet in which he said "Yids are like bedbugs."

TV presenter under fire for 'racist' comments, suggesting that bloodsucking bedbugs of Paris are linked to immigrants

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Supporters of a French <keyword id="12123754" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="far-right" source="Orion">far-right</keyword> presidential candidate brawled with protesters at a rally, video shows.</li><li>The <keyword id="11911299" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="violence" source="Orion">violence</keyword> kicked off at former TV personality Eric Zemmour's campaign launch in Paris.</li></ul>Supporters of a French far-right presidential candidate punched and brawled with protesters during a rally launching the politician's run for office on Sunday, video shows.SOS Racisme, a Paris-based anti-racist activist group, posted a video on <a href="https://twitter.com/SOS_Racisme/status/1467544539351109643?s=20">Twitter</a> showing protestors wearing "No to Racism" shirts standing up during the campaign event for former TV personality Eric Zemmour.Soon after the group stands up, nearby supporters of Zemmour begin to shove the protesters. One protester is pushed off their chair while another person dives into the crowd and throws a punch.Someone throws a chair into the scrum, while others chant and scream as more people pile in.On Monday, French prosecutors announced an investigation into the violence that took place at the rally, after more than 60 people were detained. Zemmour himself was targeted before the event.As Zemmour, 63, was making his way into the campaign rally, someone in the crowd reached out and wrapped his arms around the candidate in a headlock, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/06/eric-zemmour-france-reconquest-headlock-attack/">the Washington Post reported</a>.Zemmour injured his wrist in the scuffle, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59545455">according to the BBC</a>.Zemmour has shared both anti-immigration and anti-media sentiments and is running in the country's upcoming presidential election, scheduled for April 2022.He has previously been convicted for hate speech.French President Emmanuel Macron, who faces a slate of right-wing challengers, hasn't formally announced he's running for reelection.

Video shows supporters of a French far-right presidential candidate throwing a chair at protesters during a rally

<ul class="summary-list"><li>French President <keyword id="12153499" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="emmanuel-macron" source="Orion">Emmanuel Macron</keyword> is set for a rematch against far-right opponent Marine Le Pen.</li><li>Before Sunday's first-round election, his lead began to shrink and he's now in a competitive race. </li></ul>In just over two weeks, French President Emmanuel Macron fumbled a comfortable lead and is now nearly tied with far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in head-to-head polling.The pair are slated for a rematch after securing the top two spots in Sunday's first round election. Back in 2017, Macron beat Le Pen by more than 30 percentage points on his way to taking power with his newly formed centrist party.This time around, while the <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220406-the-12-candidates-standing-in-france-s-presidential-election">11 other candidates</a> in the initial field were campaigning across the country, Macron stayed in statesman mode and prioritized direct diplomacy with Russian President <keyword id="11899444" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vladimir-putin" source="Orion">Vladimir Putin</keyword> to try to persuade <keyword id="11894337" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="russia" source="Orion">Russia</keyword> against attacking <keyword id="11985141" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ukraine" source="Orion">Ukraine</keyword>. He also waited until the night before the March 4 deadline to officially declare his candidacy. Although Macron briefly enjoyed a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macron-gets-french-election-poll-boost-after-ukraine-crisis-2022-02-28/">boost in his approval ratings</a> ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February — benefiting from a "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-approval-rating-polling-ukraine-russia-war-rally-round-flag-2022-4">rally 'round the flag effect</a>" type of phenomenon where voters back a leader faced with an external crisis — his reelection prospects have gone from a safe bet to nearly a toss-up as Le Pen surged in the polls late in the race.In French presidential <keyword id="11931743" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="elections" source="Orion">elections</keyword>, candidates from all parties can run in the first round and someone can win outright if they get over 50% of the vote, while the second round functions similarly to a US general election, but is decided by the popular vote instead of the electoral college. On Sunday, 12 candidates competed and Macron finished in first place with 27.8% of the vote, while Le Pen came in a close second with 23.1%, pitting them against each other for a rematch on April 24.For Macron, focusing on diplomacy with Russia before and as the war in Ukraine has escalated may have helped Le Pen, who <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/cost-living-woes-boost-phoenix-le-pen-race-french-presidency-2022-03-30/">stuck to messaging on combatting inflation and the rising cost of living</a> in France and avoiding culture war issues."Unfortunately, Macron's nearly sole focus on France and Europe's geopolitical position vis-à-vis Russia over the past few months had the unintended consequence of normalizing his opponent Marine Le Pen's long-standing friendly relations with Putin and the Kremlin," Heather Conley, president of the German Marshall Fund, told Insider in an email.According to a <a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/emmanuel-macron-could-lose-frances-presidential-election/">FiveThirtyEight polling analysis</a>, Macron's lead over Le Pen is smaller than it's ever been, with the far-right challenger rising to within the margin of error in polls that ask people to choose between the two, after losing to him by more than 30 percentage points in 2017. While there has not been much issue-specific polling on the French president's handling of the war in Ukraine, Macron is now in a weaker position for his reelection than he was before Russia invaded in late February, according to FiveThirtyEight's polling average tracker. Macron's approval rating has steadily <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/french-president-emmanuel-macron-job-approval-ratings-record-low-2018-9">recovered from its nadir in the 30 to 20 percentage point range in 2018 following the nationwide Yellow Vest protests</a>, but the remainder of the campaign will determine whether he gets a second term. Macron's approval as of late March flattened out to 44% in <a href="https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/france/">Politico Europe's rolling average</a>, with 54% of French voters disapproving of his job performance.<h2>'Missing in action'</h2><div type="image" title="French President Emmanuel Macron looks at a picture showing him with Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview at the Elysee Palace in Paris, shown on the TF1 TV channel." height="1401" width="2500" msid="90807939" hostid="261"></div>As Le Monde columnist Gilles Paris put it, Macron seemed to be "missing in action on the campaign trail" as he became increasingly preoccupied with the war in Ukraine. The French newspaper of record ran a rare front page <a href="https://www.chappatte.com/images/la-campagne-de-macron/">cartoon</a> mocking Macron for dedicating so much of his time to Putin, with the caption reading: "Vladimir, I'm just finishing with this chore and I'll call you back."Conley explained that Macron began courting Putin "in earnest" starting in 2019 once <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-new-nuclear-posture-review-reverses-course-on-arms-control-2018-2">the Trump administration and Russia ended a series of international arms control agreements</a>.Typified by the <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220215-long-shot-putin-s-giant-table-sparks-jokes-and-speculation">extremely long table</a> separating Macron and Putin during their sitdown back in February, the French president's efforts at persuading his Russian counterpart to end the war have resulted in memes and publicity, but not much in the way of concrete concessions. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki delivered a scathing critique of Macron earlier this month, a rare dustup in what has otherwise been a unified response from western allies."Mr. President Macron, how many times have you negotiated with Putin, what have you achieved?" <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nobody-negotiated-with-hitler-polish-pm-says-berating-frances-macron-over-putin-2022-04-04/">Morawiecki said at a press conference</a> on April 4. "Have you stopped any of the actions that have taken place? One should not negotiate with criminals … Nobody negotiated with Hitler. Would you negotiate with Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot?"Macron continues to meet with Putin to negotiate a new nuclear arms agreement with Russia on behalf of Europe after the war, according to Conley. In a November 2019 press conference, Macron alluded to pursuing a new nuclear arms agreement with Russia and received implicit affirmation from Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, who said that aside from the French president, there was "no response from our other partners. This forces us to take measures to counter these threats."<h2>Le Pen's image makeover and Kremlin ties</h2>One of Le Pen's positions that could benefit Putin the most is her promise to remove French forces from NATO command and to embrace Russia as a "<a href="https://en.rian.ru/world/20110413/163514574.html">privileged partner</a>" instead, a term used to describe a more favorable trade relationship with a non-European Union country. She also <a href="https://time.com/3605080/russia-france-national-front/">secured an $11.1 million loan from a Moscow-based bank</a> in 2014 to fund her campaign.Le Pen also met Putin in person at the Kremlin in March 2017, where she vocally supported Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and Putin made a remark about not wanting to interfere in that year's French presidential election. Le Pen's ties to the Kremlin and willingness to act as a Putin sympathizer on the global stage has reportedly spooked some staffers in the Biden White House, according to a <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/08/white-house-putin-paris-00024054">recent Politico report</a>. Macron has been more in favor of accepting refugees and generally much more critical of Putin in the past compared to Le Pen, but the combination of his push for man-to-man diplomacy along with a more skeptical posture toward the US as a world power has reduced the perceived gulf between the two candidates' approach to Russia, Conley explained.Ever since losing to Macron in 2017, Le Pen has also undergone a makeover of sorts, distancing herself from some of the more extreme positions on race and immigration that previously came to define her brand as the daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the National Front party who has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/06/jean-marie-le-pen-fined-again-dismissing-holocaust-detail">repeatedly diminished the severity of the Holocaust</a>."She has normalized her image and persona, wearing pastel colors, talking about her life as a single mom, and breeding cats," Célia Belin, a foreign policy visiting fellow at the Brookings Institute's Center on the United States and Europe, told Insider in an email."Meanwhile, she has received tremendous help from Eric Zemmour, who obsessively pushed all the most radical ideas, excited the far-right, took all the most radical defectors away from her," Belin continued. "So she now appears normal compared to his extreme righted-ness."Zemmour, a famous French public intellectual who achieved a new level of stardom on the right upon hosting a conservative TV news show, finished in fourth place on Sunday with just 7.1% of the vote after polling much higher during stretches of the campaign. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-french-election-eric-zemmour-phone-call-2022-2">Former President Donald Trump also called Zemmour and told him to "never change,"</a> according to the French candidate's campaign. Zemmour advocated for mass deportations, construction of a European Union border wall, and called unaccompanied migrant children "robbers," "murderers," and "rapists." He also campaigned in favor of a closer relationship between France and Russia with less reliance on the US.<a href="https://www.economist.com/interactive/france-2022/forecast">The Economist's election model</a> currently gives Le Pen a 23% chance of beating Macron in the final round, <a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-fivethirtyeight-gave-trump-a-better-chance-than-almost-anyone-else/">about the same odds Trump had in FiveThirtyEight's model</a> in 2016.

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