Freddie Sayers meets Éric Zemmour. Éric Zemmour is a name you might not be familiar with, but on the other side of the channel he is a main topic of conversation. Over the last six months, the Right-wing intellectual has been steadily climbing the polls to become a favourite to challenge Emmanuel Macron in next year’s presidential election. So what’s fuelling this run?  As one of France’s better-known media personalities, Zemmour has launched a series of polemics against France’s Muslim population, the values of which he argues are incompatible with France. He has called for a ban on the flow of all immigrants, legal and illegal, and a focus on assimilating the existing population. Though he is yet to officially declare a run for the presidency, the Right-wing polemicist visited London earlier this week to meet the capital’s sizeable French community. There, Freddie Sayers spoke to some of his supporters before speaking to Mr Zemmour himself about his politics and rhetoric. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 00:00 - 00:53 - Introduction 00:53 - 01:41 - Interviewing an Éric Zemmour protester in London 01:41 - 04:11 - Interviewing French Éric Zemmour supporters in London 04:11 - 05:41 - A Lebanese-French former immigrant tells Freddie why he supports Zemmour 05:41 - 07:08 - Why do some people support Zemmour instead of Marine Le Pen? 07:08 - 08:57 - Éric Zemmour speaks to a crowd of supporters in London 08:57 - 10:35 - Freddie Sayers meets Éric Zemmour 10:35 - 12:27 - Is Zemmour becoming a politician? 12:27 - 20:25 - Immigration, assimilation, and Islam in France 20:25 - 23:09 - Would a Zemmour regime attempt to reform the religion of Islam? 23:09 - 26:12 - How would France police Zemmour’s policies on Muslim immigration and integration? 26:12 - 31:06 - Why does Éric Zemmour use such inflammatory language, and does he regret any of it? 31:06 - 32:10 - Concluding thoughts #ericzemmour #immigration #UnHerd