Former PM joins list of French presidential candidates reportedly targeted by Russian interference – POLITICO

PARIS — Former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is the latest in a string of French presidential candidates allegedly targeted by a Russian disinformation campaign.

Attal, the candidate of President Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party, said on Thursday he had been "a victim" of an electoral "interference" attempt originating from Russia, and that he expected such "destabilization efforts" to increase ahead of France's April 2027 election.

Viginum, the country's agency for fighting online disinformation, confirmed it had detected the operation against Attal and attributed it "with a high level of confidence" to "pro-Russian" disinformation tactics.