Around 20 French citizens took part in the second show of “La France dans les yeux” on the stage of BFM TV on Wednesday February 9. Éric Zemmour was asked about his agenda, but also about current affairs, and answered their questions as well as those of Bruce Toussaint. Facing Karim, a Frenchman of Muslim faith, the presidential candidate of the Reconquête! party defended the idea that the country should host churches rather than mosques “for cultural reasons”. The author of La France n’a pas dit son dernier mot (France has not yet spoken its last word) also declared that he intended to ban ” cathedral-like mosques ” so that ” France would remain a landscape of churches ” if he were elected president.
“In France, I don’t want to hear the voice of the muezzin,” Zemmour said before rejecting the construction of cathedral-like mosques, which he said were too big, the news channel reported. He also judged that for “some Muslims” large mosques meant “conquering a French territory”. He continued, “Muslims will of course be able to go to the mosque.” In this context, he referred to “more discreet” buildings.
On the same evening, the former Figaro journalist was also asked about the migration issue. He promised to a man who called on him to deploy “border guards” at European borders, “It is planned, we will deploy the tools”. Following this statement, Éric Zemmour shared that he would “support the idea of building walls on the borders of the European Union” and praised the various initiatives taken by a number of countries such as Hungary. He said that these initiatives “defend European civilisation” but are rejected by other states such as France or Germany. He concluded by saying, “I will win the majority in Europe for the fortress wall!”.