{"id":1300188,"date":"2022-02-15T16:07:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T21:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1300188"},"modified":"2022-02-15T16:08:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T21:08:05","slug":"my-duty-was-to-save-france-from-the-great-replacement-zemmour-says-france-could-be-lebanon-in-5-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-duty-was-to-save-france-from-the-great-replacement-zemmour-says-france-could-be-lebanon-in-5-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My Duty Was to Save France from the Great Replacement\u2019 &#8211; Zemmour Says France Could be \u2018Lebanon\u2019 in 5\/10 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmy-duty-was-to-save-france-from-the-great-replacement-zemmour-says-france-could-be-lebanon-in-5-10-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1300188&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238452766-e1644858740420-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>France\u2019s presidential election is heating up, with Zemmour saying that it is his duty to \u2018save France\u2019 from the \u2018Great Replacement\u2019, and that the country will be \u2018Lebanon\u2019 in five to ten years should he not win the race to the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has told voters that France will be like Lebanon in five to ten years, should they fail to elect him as president.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The populist candidate of Berber Jewish heritage also wrote online that he felt it was his duty to rescue the nation from the \u201cgreat replacement\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>According to a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/28\/half-of-french-believe-in-demographic-shift-great-replacement-theory\/\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>report<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> published last year, half of France\u2019s population believe in the \u201cgreat replacement\u201d, a theory which states that elites are attempting to replace the native population of France using mass migration<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cI could have remained a journalist and writer, but I felt that my duty was to save France from the Great Replacement,\u201d Zemmour <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZemmourEric\/status\/1492961302536466437\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>said<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in a post on social media. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cI am not a traditional politician: I will keep my promises.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cI sound the alarm before the others because I have a more acute awareness of the problems,\u201d the candidate <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZemmourEric\/status\/1492819605257080833\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>claimed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in a previous post on Sunday. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cI sincerely believe that, if I am not elected, in five or ten years France will be a Lebanon in general.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Zemmour\u2019s comments are not unusual for the firebrand pundit-turned-politician, having <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/politique\/eric-zemmour-si-on-continue-comme-ca-la-france-en-2050-sera-un-liban-en-grand_VN-202109230495.html\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>previously<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> claimed that France would be a \u201clarge Lebanon\u201d by 2050 should changes not be made.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">J\u2019aurais pu rester journaliste et \u00e9crivain, mais j\u2019ai estim\u00e9 que mon devoir \u00e9tait de sauver la France du Grand remplacement. Je ne suis pas un homme politique traditionnel : moi, je tiendrai mes promesses.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ZemmourTF1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ZemmourTF1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DebatZemmourMacron?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DebatZemmourMacron<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/14JGzVxNHh\">pic.twitter.com\/14JGzVxNHh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Zemmour (@ZemmourEric) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZemmourEric\/status\/1492961302536466437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>However, references to the so-called \u201cgreat replacement\u201d theory have now cropped up outside circles occupied by the French populist right, with the centrist candidate for Les R\u00e9publicains, Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse, being <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/election-presidentielle-2022\/article\/2022\/02\/14\/valerie-pecresse-se-defend-de-son-utilisation-du-terme-complotiste-du-grand-remplacement-au-cours-de-son-meeting-a-paris_6113617_6059010.html\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>forced<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> to explain herself after referencing the theory in a speech.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>P\u00e9cresse invoked the theory during a campaign meeting on Sunday,&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/election-presidentielle-2022\/article\/2022\/02\/13\/valerie-pecresse-presente-sa-nouvelle-france-lors-de-son-premier-grand-meeting-de-campagne-a-paris_6113522_6059010.html\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>telling<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<span><span><span><span><span><span>those gathered that France was \u201cat a crossroads\u201d and that there was no \u201cfatal necessity\u201d in the \u201cgreat replacement\u201d or the \u201cgreat downgrading\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cIf we have to build walls like some states do, I would support [it],\u201d the candidate told the crowd. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cI want us to fight together against immigration which leads to areas of non-France.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cFaced with the nation which is cracking in silence, I demand assimilation, because I want to make French people of heart and not of paper,\u201d she continued.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>While P\u00e9cresse did later <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/election-presidentielle-2022\/article\/2022\/02\/14\/valerie-pecresse-se-defend-de-son-utilisation-du-terme-complotiste-du-grand-remplacement-au-cours-de-son-meeting-a-paris_6113617_6059010.html\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>distance<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> herself somewhat from her comments, this was not seen as sufficient for many critics, with the candidate being accused of crossing \u201cone more Rubicon\u201d with the use of the term.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cOur country cannot sink into these fascist, fascistic ideologies,\u201d said Anne Hidalgo of the Socialist Party, with the party\u2019s leader, Olivier Faure, saying that he was astonished \u201cto see a candidate who calls herself a Republican taking up the words and concepts of the far-right\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Meanwhile, the president of the anti-racist NGO, Dominique Sopo, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.konbini.com\/societe\/valerie-pecresse-evoque-la-theorie-du-grand-remplacement-sos-racisme-sinsurge\/\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>expressed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> concern over the growth of the \u201cextreme right\u201d regarding election discourse.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThe words of Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse are not worthy of a major contender for the presidency of the Republic,\u201d Sopo said in a press release <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.konbini.com\/societe\/valerie-pecresse-evoque-la-theorie-du-grand-remplacement-sos-racisme-sinsurge\/\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>seen<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> by online publication Konbini News.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Antifa, Communists Riot Outside French Presidential Candidate Zemmour\u2019s Campaign Event<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tBKO3HYd2P\">https:\/\/t.co\/tBKO3HYd2P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1490384803937624069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>P\u00e9cresse was not the only French presidential candidate who found themself swimming in controversy in recent days.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Left-wing environmentalist Yannick Jadot found himself being accused of \u201canti-Semitism\u201d after reportedly&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/election-presidentielle-2022\/article\/2022\/02\/14\/yannick-jadot-critique-apres-avoir-qualifie-eric-zemmour-de-juif-de-service_6113637_6059010.html\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>calling<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> Zemmour a \u201cservice Jew\u201d on Sunday.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cZemmour is trying to reconcile parts of France with French Algeria, with P\u00e9tain, with anti-Semitism,\u201d Jadot said during an interview. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cIt\u2019s because Zemmour is Jewish, he acts as a service Jew for the anti-Semites.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>One Presidential Primary candidate for Les R\u00e9publicains, Eric Ciotti, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/election-presidentielle-2022\/article\/2022\/02\/14\/yannick-jadot-critique-apres-avoir-qualifie-eric-zemmour-de-juif-de-service_6113637_6059010.html\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>lambasted<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> Jadot for the comments made against the candidate, who is of Jewish heritage.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cIt\u2019s shocking, it\u2019s shameful this resurgence of anti-Semitism on the far left and we must condemn these remarks,\u201d Ciotti is reported as saying.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Meanwhile, Gilbert Collard, an MEP and member of Zemmour\u2019s Reconqu\u00eate party, said that the environmentalist candidate \u201cwallows himself in service anti-Semitism.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France\u2019s presidential election is heating up, with Zemmour saying that it is his duty to \u2018save France\u2019 from the \u2018Great Replacement\u2019, and that the country will be \u2018Lebanon\u2019 in five 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