French Presidential Hopeful Zemmour Says COVID Fears Are Overblown

French Presidential Hopeful Zemmour Says COVID Fears Are Overblown
French right-wing commentator Eric Zemmour speaks at an event at the ILEC conference centre, London, on Nov.19, 2021. Tom Nicholson/Reuters
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PARIS,—Eric Zemmour, the hard-right French political commentator and likely presidential candidate, said on Monday that fears about the new coronavirus had been overblown.

Zemmour’s stance contrasts with the position of governments across Europe, which are reintroducing restrictions on movement to curb a fifth wave of the pandemic, with Austria on Monday going into a full lockdown. read more .