Sarah Knafo


Sarah Knafo is a French magistrate and politician. She was a member of the Cour des Comptes from 2020 to 2024. A member of Reconquête, she was elected a Member of the European Parliament in 2024, where she sits with the Europe of Sovereign Nations group. She is a candidate in the 2026 Paris municipal election to become mayor of Paris.

Biography

Knafo was born in the Parisian suburb of Les Pavillons-sous-Bois to a family of Sephardic Jews ancestry who had roots in Algeria and Morocco. Her grandparents moved to France in the wake of the Six Day War. Her mother works as a hypnotherapist and her father is a businessman. Knafo moved to Paris as a teenager.

Professional career

Knafo graduated with a degree in public administration at Sciences Po after a baccalauréat in 2011 and then economics and political science at Panthéon-Sorbonne University in 2014. During her studies, she worked as an intern at the French embassy in Libya. During that time, she also conducted research into illegal immigration routes from Africa into Europe. In 2020, she began working as a civil servant in Seine-Saint-Denis and became a magistrate.
In 2021, L'Express reported that she has been advising Éric Zemmour, a friend of her family, in the event of putting his name for the candidacy for the 2022 French presidential election. L'Obs magazine also claimed she had facilitated meetings between Zemmour and Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, as well as Laurent Wauquiez and Marion Maréchal. In October 2021, she was named as one of Zemmour's campaign directors for his presidential campaign bid and Reconquête party.
In the 2024 European Parliament election in France, she was elected an MEP for Reconquête on the list led by Maréchal.
On 3 October 2024, the Paris prosecutor's office closed the complaint for "spreading false news" filed by the Algerian State after, Knafo claimed, Algeria received 800 million euros in development aid per year from France.
She became a Claremont Institute fellow in 2024.
On 7 January 2026, she announced her candidacy for mayor of Paris in the upcoming municipal election.

Personal life

Knafo previously had a relationship with Louis Sarkozy, the son of former President Nicolas Sarkozy; in January 2022, Éric Zemmour informed the public that Knafo is his romantic partner.
Regarding her beliefs, Knafo has described herself as Jewish but influenced by Christian culture.