French presidential candidates targeted by Russian interference: Don't feed the trolls

Several candidates in the 2027 election have recently been targeted by crude interference campaigns. Yet by publicly denouncing these attacks, they risk amplifying operations that, in reality, have little impact.

Three presidential hopefuls have reported Kremlin disinformation efforts against them over the past two weeks.

A Russian disinformation campaign has targeted French presidential candidate Gabriel Attal. a government body and a member of his team have said.

A separate Russian-linked propaganda network has also recently targeted two other presidential candidates, Edouard Philippe and Raphaël Glucksmann, according to French authorities.