Despite competing with a newcomer candidate for the far-right vote, Marine Le Pen once again made it to the final round of France’s presidential election. But Le Pen is now looking to vanquish pundit-turned-candidate Éric Zemmour – as well as even the score with allies who left her camp to join him – in June’s legislative elections.
After garnering a lot of attention ahead of the first round of presidential elections on April 10, far-right newcomer Éric Zemmour spent much of his campaign denigrating France’s longtime far-right populist Marine Le Pen of the Rassemblement National (National Rally or RN) party.
