Eric Zemmour, a Jewish Algerian candidate for the French presidency in 2022, was put in a headlock during his first campaign, just days after he formally declared his candidacy in a video emphasizing his anti-migrant and anti-Islam views.

Zemmour can be seen walking towards the stage, surrounded by security, in a video streamed live by his campaign from Parc des Expositions de Villepinte. People in the crowd can be seen reaching out to him before one person lunged forward, wrapping his arms around Zemmour's head. Security quickly apprehended the man.

It is worth mentioning that anti-racism activists protested at rallies to launch Eric Zemmour's campaign in Paris' Barbes Neighborhood on Sunday.

Who is Eric Zemmour?

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Born to Jewish parents from Algeria, Eric Zemmour is a political writer, journalist, and now presidential candidate for France's 2022 elections. 

He is dubbed the "Trump of France" for his anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant views which hectically warns France that it is bound to its doom as he described in one of his books, The French Suicide. Zemmour raises the alarm about the "colonization" of France by immigrants and reminisces over the 'good old days' when, according to him, Vichy France "protected French Jews" rather than what they actually did: Collaborate with Nazi Germany. 

Zemmour wrote for Le Figaro and Le Quotidien de Paris and was a commentator for numerous talk shows, being known for this hardliner, far-right stances on social issues. 

Brow-raising parts of his campaign include sending immigrants back to their countries for not "assimilating" and banning names that don't sound very "French", such as Muhammad. 

The extremist attributes many of France's problems to immigrants, calling their travel to France an "invasion" and "Islamic colonization". Although Zemmour did not attribute all of France's problems to immigrants, he said they "aggravate" them.

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