The conspiracy theory of the “great replacement” travels with Eric Zemmour – archyde

The agitation created around his friend Eric Zemmour gave him an unprecedented audience. Sunday October 31, invited by the columnist to Figaro Ivan Rioufol, Renaud Camus left his castle in Gers to appear on the screens of the CNews television channel, owned by the Bolloré group. The far-right writer, convicted in 2014 for “inciting hatred and violence against a group of people because of their religion” and author in 2011 of the pamphlet The Great Replacement, popularized the theory that Zemmour hammers everywhere. As in echo, the quasi-candidate given neck-to-neck with Marine Le Pen recalled, Monday on Twitter, his leitmotif according to which “We cannot support two civilizations on French soil”. Matched with two words: “Great replacement”.

Marginal ten years ago, this xenophobic theory who inspired the terrorist responsible for the Christchurch attack (New Zealand), 51 dead, in March 2019, today enjoys an unparalleled echo, from the far right to the most conservative right. On September 14, Eric Zemmour said he wanted “Impose” in the countryside ” [sa] question “, that of “The existence of the French people”. “It’s his key, advances Thierry Deransart, in charge of the press of Mr. Zemmour. If he doesn’t go now, we won’t catch up. “

A reference to the interbreeding of the population, against which the identities rise by invoking what would be seen with the naked eye. “The big replacement is eye-popping, you have to be blind not to see it”, repeated Renaud Camus against those he names “Deniers”. “It means: go out and look at the faces, translated Jean-Yves Camus, specialist in political radicalities. We encourage people to spot faces that are not from our region, that do not look like a “Native French”. “ It is, abounds the historian Nicolas Lebourg, a “Ethnic nationalism” and a “Racial feeling” directed against “Non-whites”. And, according to sociologist François Héran, professor at the Collège de France, a “Fear which escapes any rational argument”, despite a lower proportion of immigrants in France (10.2%) than the OECD average (13.6%).

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The theory of the “great replacement”, which targeted the Jews since the nationalism of the XIX^e century with Maurice Barrès, reoriented against Islam after September 11, 2001. His conspiratorial version postulates that globalized elites would purposely facilitate a “Colonization” Arab-Muslim from Europe. However, it is fixed on a fear of a long-standing demographic decline – during the presidential campaign in 1988, Jean-Marie Le Pen described pregnant Maghreb women ready to “Defeat the French”. “At the crossroads of white nationalism and neopopulism, Zemmour is the first to attempt a political offer openly constructed on this theme., emphasizes Nicolas Lebourg. His pre-campaign is Bruno Mégret’s campaign in 2002 which, for the moment, is successful. “

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