Nh: Eric Zemmour

this afternoon (friday 19th), 2.23-2.29pm, on bbc world service radio (repeated 9.44pm, and 5.17am and 7.14am tomorrow on weekend, and 5.28pm on pm on bbc radio 4)

newshour (presented by james menendez) includes …

“This is Eric Zemmour, the not-yet-candidate, a Jewish French nationalist, explaining why Marshal Philippe Petain is not as guilty as the history books say he is. Why? Because in Zemmour’s view, Petain cut a deal after the defeat by Nazi Germany, as a result of which it was mainly non-French Jews who eneded up being deported and killed, while most French Jews survived.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter hugh schofield 

• historian alain michel 

• journalist jean-sebastien ferjou