The theory of the great replacement, whose use by Valérie Pécresse during a meeting of presidential candidate LR made a lot of noise, has an origin and a course with strong conspiracy impregnation.
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A notion often associated with conspiracy is being talked about in the presidential campaign: the theory of the great replacement. Valérie Pécresse, the Les Républicains presidential candidate, used it during her first major campaign meeting on Sunday February 13 at the Zenith in Paris. And she has thus attracted a shower of reproaches. In his camp, Xavier Bertrand and Jean-François Copé called on the candidate to reposition herself following these remarks. And among the many outraged reactions from the opposition, Socialist Party boss Olivier Faure told franceinfo: “We already had two far-right candidates, we didn’t need a third.”
Valérie Pécresse who speaks of “great replacement” ➡️ Olivier Faure shares his “stunned to see a candidate who calls herself a Republican taking up the words and concepts of the far right. I do not understand this permanent drift of the right. ” pic.twitter.com/G7ddVWOFCE
— franceinfo (@franceinfo) February 14, 2022
Valérie Pécresse has since defended herself: “Precisely, I do not resign myself to the theories of the extreme right”, insists candidate LR. But it is not insignificant to choose this expression and not another to evoke immigration.
This new episode of “Complorama” dissects the DNA of the theory of the great replacement so named by Renaud Camus, immediately picked up by conspiratorial circles, and taken out of the radical lexicon to become almost “mainstream” afterwards, particularly in France by the bias of Éric Zemmour, who has defended her for several years and has finally made her a pivot of his presidential candidacy.
“Great replacement: from Renaud Camus to Valérie Pécresse via Éric Zemmour, itinerary of a conspiracy theory”, this is the 23rd episode of Complorama, with Rudy Reichstadt, director of Conspiracy Watch, and Tristan Mendès France, lecturer and member of the observatory of conspiracy, specialist in digital cultures.