In France, right-wing maverick's young supporters campaign to cheers and jeers


  • World
  • Thursday, 14 Oct 2021

A woman walks past posters in support of French far-right commentator Eric Zemmour, probable candidate for the French presidential election next April, posted on a wall in Paris, France, October 13, 2021. The slogan reads "Zemmour President". REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

PARIS (Reuters) - Armed with buckets of glue and brooms, Anne-Lys Falicon and a dozen others put down their drinks and walked out into the night to put up posters of Eric Zemmour, the political outsider with incendiary views who is shaking up France's 2022 election race.

Falicon, a fashion student, never before identified with a political party, while the others plastering Zemmour's portrait in a well-heeled Paris district included former supporters of the long-standing far-right and conservative parties.

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