Paris court orders former TV pundit to pay 10,000 euro fine over 2020 remarks calling migrant children 'thieves, murderers, rapists'

Upcoming vote in April has been marked by repeated clashes over the national narrative

Decree says Zouaves Paris group propagated 'openly racist discourse;' members blamed for attacks on protestors at Jewish far-right presidential candidate's campaign event

French president uses 'emmerder,' rooted in the word for 'crap' and meaning to rile or to bug, as he talks about policies for those who refuse to get inoculated

Jewish presidential candidate was injured in the wrist amid brawls that erupted between supporters and protesters as he took the stage and began to speak

Controversial commentator lightly hurt when man grabs his arm as he heads toward stage; fighting breaks out and supporters throw chairs at activists with 'No to Racism' t-shirts

Eric Zemmour, whose anti-migrant and anti-Islam comments have drawn comparisons to former US president Trump, announced his candidacy with the slogan, 'Impossible is not French'

Police gear up for potential clashes at exhibition center outside Paris between supporters of the Jewish media pundit, counter-demonstrators

Eric Zemmour advocates theory that immigration's goal is to push out native Europeans, says Islam 'incompatible with French values,' laments feminism's dislike of groping of women

Fiercely anti-immigration and seen by critics as a racist, candidate says he will 'save' France, but his popularity has waned following an initial surge in polls in recent months