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Former French presidential candidate Zemmour to pay fine over racist comments

France's far-right ideologue Eric Zemmour poses during a photo session in Paris on April 22, 2021. AFP - JOEL SAGET

The far-right French polemicist and politician Eric Zemmour has been sentenced to pay a fine of €4,000 for racist insults made during a television debate in 2018. He referred to the first name of fellow speaker Hapsatou Sy as an "insult to France".

The former presidential candidate, president of the Reconquest! movement, was also sentenced to €3,000 in damages and €2,000 in legal fees.

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