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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

French reporter infiltrates campaign of far-right presidential candidate Éric Zemmour

Vincent Bresson's selfie with Éric Zemmour
Vincent Bresson's selfie with Éric Zemmour (right), vying for third place in the polls. Photograph: Éditions Goutte d’Or

A reporter who infiltrated Éric Zemmour’s presidential election team has claimed he witnessed a culture of casual racism and a covert online campaign involving a “shadow Facebook army” and repeated rewrites of the far-right polemicist’s Wikipedia page, the most viewed in France.

Vincent Bresson, 27, says he spent more than three months as an increasingly trusted member of “Génération Z”, as Zemmour’s young supporters’ group is known. He said he witnessed multiple racist remarks from both volunteers and senior staff.

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