Would Éric Zemmour have participated in a rally in honor of Lola if the main suspect in the murder was not a foreigner? “No”, replies the former polemicist on BFMTV-RMC this Thursday. For him, there is a difference between the crime of “this Algerian woman” and the one “committed by the French”.
“It’s not the same water,” he insists.
Éric Zemmour calls this a “francocide”: “A crime committed by a foreigner on a Frenchman.” The one who is accused by several women of sexual assault takes the example of femicides, explaining that this murder is not just a “unique individual crime and that it embodies something historical and political.”
Since Lola’s murder, the extreme right and some right-wing elected officials have insisted that the main suspect had an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF). Marine Le Pen thus accused the Government of “migratory laxity” during the questions to the Government in the National Assembly.
This Thursday, with various elected officials from his Reconquest party, he will attend a meeting organized by the “Institute of Justice”, an association to which he is close. This, despite the fact that the family has made it known that they do not want “above all, any political recovery.” Lola’s parents will pay tribute to her daughter this Friday in Fouquereuil, in Pas-de-Calais, where the little girl’s father grew up.
“It is precisely because I respect (the family) that I do all this,” responds Éric Zemmour.
According to former columnist for Figaro“This story goes beyond [les] Lola’s parents” and concerns “the whole of France”. It thus evokes “innumerable crimes committed in previous years by illegal aliens”.
Although Éric Zemmour denies any political “recovery”, his defense is undermined by several elements. As revealed by BFMTV, members of the party have promoted the hashtag “ManifPourLola” on social media, bought domain names and launched a petition that allows them to illegally retrieve data in the process and thus exploit it politically.
“Samuel Lafont (head of digital at Reconquête) took care of it for his association at the beginning (association whose name is Damoclès, editor’s note)”, defended Éric Zemmour, indicating that the latter is “autonomous”.
Although he refuses to criticize the scope of these acts: “He did not do anything wrong. He simply gathered information to tell people where there were demonstrations in France on this matter,” he has judged.
“The Utility of the Reconquest”
Initially, several elected members of the National Association, including Jordan Bardella, acting president of the party, planned to participate in the rally organized this Thursday by the “Institute of Justice”, an association said to be close to Éric Zemmour.
Finally, the members of the far-right party turn around for the “will of the family”, explains this Thursday Marine Le Pen in Europe 1.
“The demonstration in which we had to participate (…) ended up moving away from the nature of the tribute we wanted to pay,” he added.
“I don’t mess with the others, they do what they want,” replies Éric Zemmour. Who wants to believe that this demonstrates “the utility of the Reconquest” despite the fact that the party did not win seats in the last legislative elections and its presidential candidate did not exceed 7%. He prefers to emphasize that “he finished fourth.”
Source: BFM TV
