French far-right candidate Eric Zemmour on Monday attacked anti-racist and anti-homophobia groups in schools, saying they were brainwashing pupils, as he urged a return to a more conservative education system. Zemmour is competing with the more established far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and conservative Valerie Pecresse to challenge center-right President Emmanuel Macron in April’s presidential election. He currently polls fourth. “Over the past 40 years, our children have been indoctrinated,” Zemmour, who has been convicted for inciting racial hatred, told reporters. “Schools cannot be the place where LGBT and anti-racism ideologies brainwash our children.”