The deposit would apply to applicants from countries "from which the majority of illegal immigrants come", specifies the document.

The presidential candidate, who promises "zero immigration", presents his measure as a means of "limiting entries" and "financing possible deportations to the border".

Criticized for the lack of costing of his program, in particular Thursday evening during the debate against his competitor LR Valérie Pécresse, Eric Zemmour evaluates the cost of all of his 400 measures at 60 billion euros net per year.

On the financing side, his camp promises 65 billion euros in savings, including the controversial figure of 20 billion euros by eliminating non-contributory social assistance for non-European foreigners.

The National Family Allowance Fund had however told AFP that all allowances paid to foreigners corresponded to “9 billion euros” per year (2019 figure), without the minimum old age managed by the National Old Age Insurance Fund. .

Eric Zemmour promises 15 billion euros in savings on the state budget by 2027, by eliminating state medical aid (health coverage for foreigners in an irregular situation, 1 billion euros in the budget voted by Parliament for 2022) or by reducing budgetary appropriations to local authorities thanks to the reorientation of "part of the appropriations for city policy".

Still on this aspect, the candidate Reconquête!

intends to halve public development aid or reduce the "intervention expenditure of the Ministry of Culture".

Eric Zemmour also intends to make 15 billion savings on the budget of communities by fighting against "bureaucracy" and "duplicates".

Finally, he is counting on 15 billion euros in savings thanks to the "fight against social and tax fraud".

Also questioned by Valérie Pécresse on Thursday evening about her vote in the 2017 presidential election, the former editorial writer for CNews and Le Figaro did not want to reveal it.

His entourage told AFP on Friday that he had voted François Fillon (LR) in the first round then Marine Le Pen (FN, now RN) in the second round, as indicated by BFMTV.

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