Europe 1 10:19 a.m., September 26, 2021, modified at 10:31 a.m., September 26, 2021

The far-right polemicist Eric Zemmour, invited Sunday of the "Grand Rendez-vous" on Europe 1, recalled the fundamentals of his thinking at the microphone of Sonia Mabrouk.

And in particular what he thinks of immigration which is acceptable, according to him, only on condition that assimilation is possible.

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This is one of the antiphons of Éric Zemmour's thought: assimilation is the only possible way out for accepting immigration. The far-right polemicist had another opportunity to repeat it on Sunday in the "Grand Rendez-vous" of Europe 1, CNews and Les Echos. "We must remake the French", he summed up in front of Sonia Mabrouk. According to him, "one can come from anywhere in the world and become French, but one only becomes one if there is an assimilation."

What does he mean by that?

"To become the same, to appropriate the History, the customs, the way of living, the tastes, the literature, to soak up the words, the language, the landscapes", details the one who promotes his latest work ,

France has not said its last word

, self-published, without raising the suspense on a potential presidential candidacy.

This assimilation "allows us to sort the wheat from the chaff", he also believes.

"Many immigrants will leave on their own"

How? 'Or' What ? Because, first of all, "many [immigrants] will leave on their own" for lack of assimilation. To this, Eric Zemmour considers it necessary to add other measures, or rather to remove some. "I propose that we remove the national solidarity measures for foreigners. This can make a lot of people leave and discourage a lot from coming." The essayist also suggests "the expulsion of all foreigners imprisoned in France, which makes 25% of prisoners, it's not bad". Finally, he advocates the "deprivation of nationality for many crimes and misdemeanors", followed by the expulsion of those who have fallen - which is only possible in theory for people with dual nationality.

For Éric Zemmour, assimilation no longer works today, for two reasons.

First, because "the French elites, under American influence, have renounced it for 40 years".

Then because "we have a very large population coming from Arab-Muslim and African countries whose culture is very far from the Greco-Roman fabric".