French far-right's Zemmour to attend Trump inauguration
French far-right politician Eric Zemmour will attend Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony, his party said on Thursday, with the pundit the only high-profile French politician to have been invited so far.
The far-right prime ministers of Italy and Hungary, Giorgia Meloni and Viktor Orban, are also on the list of invitees, although French President Emmanuel Macron is not.
Zemmour, head of the far-right Reconquest party, and his partner Sarah Knafo were invited to attend Trump's inauguration ceremony in Washington on January 20, the party told AFP.
Knafo, a 31-year-old member of the European Parliament, attended one of the US president-elect's campaign rallies in Pennsylvania last year.
She has praised Trump as a champion of "freedom of expression, alongside Elon Musk".
There has been no indication from the Elysee that Macron was planning to attend Trump's inauguration, although it is not customary for foreign leaders to attend US inauguration ceremonies.
Leaders of France's main far-right party, the National Rally, have so far received no invitation to the ceremony, a member of Marine Le Pen's team told AFP on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, European leaders warned Trump against threatening "sovereign borders" after the US president-elect refused to rule out military action to seize Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of European Union member Denmark that itself has eyes on independence.
Musk, who has secured unprecedented influence due to his proximity to Trump, is set for a role in the incoming president's administration.
He has provoked fury across Europe with a string of attacks on the continent's leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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