decryption of Eric Zemmour’s statements during his debate with Bruno Le Maire

Eric Zemmour, candidate for the 2022 presidential election, and Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, debated on the Elysée 2022 plateau on France 2 Thursday, December 9. In an excerpt, Eric Zemmour says that in 2050, France will be “a half Islamic country” and in 2100 “an Islamic republic”. On the Franceinfo 23 hours set, the journalist from France Télévisions, Luc Brisson, reports that an American study dating from 2017 is projected on the number of Muslims in Europe and France in 2050. “We note that with zero immigration, the share of Muslims in the French population in 2050 would be 13%. In the event of massive immigration, 18%. We can see that we are still very far from a France half Islamic “, he explains.

Eric Zemmour also asserted during the debate that “in the Parisian suburbs, today, between 0 and 18 years old, there are 80%, 90% of children who are of North African or African origins”. Luc Brisson explains that the candidate is based on a study by France Stratégie which shows that “For 30 years, the proportion of children of non-European immigrants has increased. But the data quoted by Eric Zemmour, 80% to 90% of children of North African or African origin, these data are certainly found but only in some towns in Seine-Saint-Denis, we cannot generalize to the entire suburb. No, in the Parisian suburbs, 80% to 90% of children of North African or African origin are not “, details the journalist.