Since the formalization of his presidential candidacy on Friday and the release of his bookAs a free man (Éditions de l’Observatoire) on April 23, Gabriel Attal’s campaign accelerates. But to expand his audience during his crucial next few months, the boss of Renaissance took a shortcut that was quickly spotted.
According to The Sunday TribuneGabriel Attal and his team recovered the support accounts for Emmanuel Macron for the 2022 presidential election on Instagram and X, before modifying the logo and the name, then deleting all content published before the date of May 22. Thus, the “Attal president” account already has 50,000 subscribers on the former Twitter and 35,000 on the Meta social network.
Thus, several users discovered that they were subscribed to this modified account. “I just saw that I am subscribed to “Attal president†. What are these methods? “, annoys an Internet user on Some underline the irony of the situation, the former Prime Minister of Emmanuel Macron, who has not digested the dissolution decided by the latter in June 2024, wishes to emancipate himself from Emmanuel Macron’s legacy.
Questioned by the weekly, the Élysée indicated that he had not been informed of this maneuver.
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