A series of falsehoods brought to light publicly. Raphaël Glucksmann, head of the PS-Place Publique list in the European elections, was warned of a disinformation campaign targeting him on social networks, coming from accounts linked to China, his entourage announced this Tuesday, April 16.
Raphaël Glucksmann “is the subject of informational maneuvers by pro-Chinese actors and coming from pro-Chinese accounts, who accuse him of being the Trojan horse of the Americans – in particular of the CIA in Europe”, confirmed to the AFP a security source. The MEP was warned of this campaign by the government body Viginum, responsible for tracking disinformation during election periods.
“The Chinese regime has already officially sanctioned me and the Russian regime has already multiplied fake news and threats against me, it is not these pathetic slanders that will make us deviate from our path: the fierce defense of our democracy and Europe”, reacted the person concerned on.
Unwavering support for the Uyghur cause
Raphaël Glucksmann, who benefits from favorable polls less than two months before the election, is in Beijing’s crosshairs for his commitment to the Uyghur Muslim minority. He was sanctioned for this in 2021 by China, which notably banned him from traveling on its soil.
The rumor linking Raphaël Glucksmann to the CIA has been circulating for many years but has resurfaced with greater insistence on social networks in recent weeks, relayed to the far right as well as by representatives of the radical left. It dates back to the time when Raphaël Glucksmann was the advisor to Georgian President Mikheïl Saakashvili, from the blitzkrieg between this small Caucasian country and Russia in 2008, until the electoral defeat of 2012.
Raphaël Glucksmann was also married to Mikheïl Saakashvili’s former deputy interior minister, Eka Zgouladze. A relationship which also earns him its share of “fake news relayed by the RN” even in the hemicycle of the European Parliament, deplores those around him, while Raphaël Glucksmann chairs the special commission on foreign interference in all democratic processes of the European Union.
The General Secretariat of Defense and National Security (SGDSN), an organization attached to Matignon and on which Viginum depends, had recently warned against attempts at foreign interference in the June 9 election.