France, Nov. 11 -- Speaking on television on Tuesday, the leader of the Reconquete! party said he was standing to "preserve a French France so that our future is French".

Zemmour, who came fourth in the 2022 election, wants "two million fewer immigrants by the end of the five-year term". Deport foreign nationals

To get there, he plans to deport foreign nationals serving prison sentences, along with "foreign unemployed people who have been out of work for more than six months", whatever their residency status.

The 68-year-old former journalist, who went into politics five years ago, had already said in mid-September that he would run. At the time, however, his team insisted it was not yet a formal declaration. Far right competition

His...