Only two and a half months are left before the first round of the presidential elections in France, scheduled for April 10.

Pass - you will not notice.

And incumbent President Macron's competitors are in trouble.

The first to suffer (so far moderately, but it is not known what will happen next) was the populist and demagogue, the leader of the Reconquista movement, Eric Zemmour.

On January 17 of this year, he was sentenced to a fine of €10,000 for almost a year and a half ago, on September 29, 2020, he called underage immigrants “thieves, murderers and rapists”, thereby inciting hatred.

If Zemmour does not pay the fine immediately, he could end up in jail.

Which would be completely inopportune for a coveting presidency.

Of course, Zemmour was hot, but he was not the only one.

In 2005, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then the President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, spoke similarly on the same topic.

During the riots on the outskirts of Paris in 2005, which were accompanied by mass arson of private cars and municipal buses, and all the same young immigrants were burned, Minister Sarkozy called them hooligans and racalia (from French racailles), and this is even worse.

Along the way, he called for “cleaning the suburbs with“ karchers ”(French karcher, that is, an apparatus for washing under a strong stream of water).

Sarkozy generally loved the water element.

Under him, police water cannons were called "Sarko's souls."

All this, however, did not prevent his election.

The left-wing public, of course, was indignant, but the layman, tired of rakalia, supported the Aquarius minister.

However, Macron himself called those who evade vaccinations unfit people and promised them emmerder (in translation - “plunge into shit”).

That is, to make sure that service with honey does not seem to covid-dissidents (rather like shit).

As you can see, eloquence and incitement can be evaluated in different ways.

Depending on the personality and rank of the one who incites.

This happens not only in France, but also in other parts of the world.

However, in France too.

However, Macron is not in the mood for sentimentality right now.

His rating on the eve of the April elections is 24%.

Not too much.

Zemmura has 17%.

That is, let's say, Zemmour is such and such an unstained and generally French Zhirinovsky, but Macron steps on the heels quite strongly.

Moreover, Macron has some unpopular measures ahead (if only because of the covid), which do not contribute to the growth of the rating in any way (quite the opposite), while the bold and peevish Zemmour can continue to be popular.

And with Macron, wherever you look - everything is not from the mountain, but downhill.

Here we can recall how, in the last presidential election in 2017, two months before voting in the first round, a competitor, former Prime Minister Fillon, was also suddenly crushed.

On February 24, 2017, the National Financial Attorney's Office launched an investigation against Fillon on suspicion of illegally hiring parliamentary assistants (i.e. Penelope's wife), and in March 2017, Fillon was charged with embezzlement of public funds and aggravated fraud.

And although Fillon was neither a populist nor a demagogue, but only loved his wife, he was no more.

Macron's path to the Elysee Palace was cleared.

For Marine Le Pen, for various reasons, was impassable, while Fillon was very passable.

Yes, and according to the rating, he propped up Macron (he had 20% and Macron had 24%).

It was dangerous to tolerate this further, and accusations of nepotism came into play.

Now it's interesting:

a) Zemmour will understand the hint or will have to push him further;

b) during the pre-election cleansings, they will be limited to Zemmour, or others may suffer - even the lady cow J.-L.

Mélenchon.

Although it has long been noted: “What did you think, democracy is for you to eat lobio?”

The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editors.