Eric Zemmour has electrified France’s presidential election and could face off against Emmanuel Macron, reports Borzou Daragahi in Paris
For now his gaunt visage is on magazine covers, his possible candidacy the topic of talk shows and the subject of newspaper analyses. Many in the French chattering classes are left wondering whether even talking about him so much will feed his rise, the same way American television’s obsession with Trump amounted to billions of free advertising for his 2016 campaign.
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