
Eric Zemmour and the mainstreaming of the French far-right w/ Sebastian Budgen
Politics Theory Other
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Does Algeria Play Much of a Role?
His family were algerian jews. He likes to claim they were berber jews, so it allows him to say that he was from algeria, but not arab. They were berbers, thanks to the cimal decree in 18 70, which gave them french citizenship. There is a very clear attempt, in his case, to re legitimize colonialism. Many on the far right have had to swallow their doubts on this question,. Although they still express them about whether we can really trust him for s due to his racial background.
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