# Zemmour enters 2027 race with expulsion pledge

> Far-right politician Eric Zemmour formally announces his candidacy for France's 2027 presidential election, promising to deport unemployed foreigners and cut immigration sharply.
- Title: Zemmour enters 2027 race with expulsion pledge · RFI
- Summary: Far-right politician Eric Zemmour formally announces his candidacy for France's 2027 presidential election, promising to deport unemployed foreigners and cut…
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## Zemmour announces candidacy
Eric Zemmour, leader of the Reconquête! party, formally entered France's 2027 presidential race on Tuesday, saying he was standing to preserve a French France so that our future is French.

> preserve a French France so that our future is French
## Immigration reduction target
Zemmour wants two million fewer immigrants by the end of the five-year term. He came fourth in the 2022 election and went into politics five years ago as a former journalist.
## Deportation plans
The 68-year-old plans to deport foreign nationals serving prison sentences and foreign unemployed people who have been out of work for more than six months, regardless of their residency status.
## Earlier signals of candidacy
Zemmour had said in mid-September that he would run, though his team insisted at the time this was not yet a formal declaration of candidacy.
## Le Pen's competing candidacy
Marine Le Pen of the anti-immigration National Rally is widely expected to come top in the first round. She sees the 2027 vote as her best chance yet of winning power.
## Le Pen's path cleared
Le Pen lost to President Emmanuel Macron in both 2017 and 2022 run-offs. In July, an appeals court shortened her ban from public office over an embezzlement conviction, clearing the path for her to stand.
## Key takeaway

Eric Zemmour, leader of Reconquête!, has formally entered France's 2027 presidential race vowing to expel unemployed foreigners and reduce immigration by two million over five years.