Éric Zemmour has officially announced his candidacy for the presidential election. At 68, the leader of the far-right party Reconquête made the announcement on Tuesday, November 10, during TF1’s evening news broadcast.
This is his second presidential campaign. In 2022, the polemicist finished fourth in the first round, with 7.07% of the vote.
“I looked before taking the plunge, I waited before standing. I told myself that no candidate, no platform could halt our decline,” said the leader of Reconquête.
In mid-September, on BFMTV, he had already dispelled doubts about a new bid for the Élysée. Tuesday’s announcement therefore formalizes an intention he had begun to make public.
In the past, Éric Zemmour has been convicted several times of incitement to discrimination, hatred, or racial insult.
On TF1, he also mentioned a first priority, presented as expected. Its substance is not specified in the available information.
The candidacy puts Reconquête back in the race for the Élysée, four years after a first-round score of 7.07%, with no further details at this stage on the timetable or the platform.