Immigration: Zemmour wants a "wall" at "European borders"

Europe 1 with AFP 11:17 a.m., February 10, 2022

The far-right candidate Eric Zemmour called on Wednesday evening for the construction of a "wall" at "all the external borders" of the European Union to fight against immigration and wants to financially support countries ready to build one.

"I am in favor of it, France and Germany refuse. The Swedish European Commissioner (Ylva) Johansson refuses", but "I will tip the European majority in favor of the wall, which will be financed by European funds", a- he launched on BFMTV.

"Countries that have built a wall like Hungary are defending European civilization," said the candidate Reconquest!

in the presidential election.

In favor of "zero immigration", Eric Zemmour wants a wall at "all European borders" outside land.

France, because of its geography, would not be affected, he said.

And "we will make a special police" with "border guards at the French borders", he added, without specifying the cost of the measure.

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At the end of January, Poland had indicated that it was starting the construction of a new fence on its border with Belarus to block the entry of illegal migrants, at the origin of a crisis between Warsaw and Minsk last year.

The wall is expected to cost some 353 million euros and is due to be completed in June.

Calling for a wall on the European borders also recalls the policy of former US President Donald Trump, with the erection of a wall on the Mexican border.

Tense exchange between Zemmour and a resident of Aubervilliers

During the broadcast on BFMTV, a tense exchange also took place between Eric Zemmour and a resident of Aubervilliers.

The former polemicist castigated the "multicultural society", "it means the war of civilizations and it means that it is the most numerous who win, in this case Islam", he launched.

"Let's stop stigmatizing a population, stop with Islam", reacted his interlocutor.

"Madam, I say what I want, you say what you want, now that's enough, ok ...", annoyed Eric Zemmour.

"If you interrupt me all the time, there is no possible dialogue".

This exchange program with French people was organized in Saint-Denis and not in Montreuil, where the planned studio team opposed the arrival of the far-right candidate.

A rally against Eric Zemmour also took place in Montreuil on Wednesday.

The candidate also mentioned the vaccine pass against Covid-19 and the government's hope of being able to lift it "at the end of March-beginning of April".

Eric Zemmour joked about this "chance" of the calendar before the presidential election of April 10 and 24.

"I'm not at all suspicious, but I still suspect the government of having invented this machine which is useless, because we knew that Omicron (the variant) was a late epidemic virus, if I Dare to say, to be able to make this electoral gift. But you will say that I have a bad spirit", he concluded on this point.