France’s Pecresse Raises ‘Great Replacement’ in Campaign Gambit
- Republicans candidate is behind going into presidential vote
- Pecresse cites support for border walls to control immigration
Valerie Pecresse during a meeting at the Zenith de Paris, in Paris, on Feb. 13.
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French presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse, seeking to revitalize her prospects in the coming election, voiced support for border walls and raised the specter of a “great replacement” of the population by non-White immigrants.
Addressing thousands of supporters in Paris on Sunday, Pecresse, who is running for the mainstream center-right Republicans party, suggested that France had lost much of its clout under President Emmanuel Macron and that it would sink further if he were re-elected.