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Presidential 2022: why can Macron no longer use his official accounts to campaign on social networks?

2022-03-11T19:58:31.178Z


DECRYPTION – The president, once declared, quickly displayed the mention “candidate” on his Twitter account. The mixing of genres was quickly criticized by the control institutions.


THE QUESTION –

The situation changed on March 4, when the president also became the candidate.

Announced in a letter to the French, the change in status of Emmanuel Macron quickly materialized.

In particular on the official Twitter account of the Head of State where the teams have shown the mention: "

candidate for the presidential election for a second term

".

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The approach immediately made the oppositions wince, raised against the use of the presidential account for the benefit of an electoral campaign.

On March 8,

L'Opinion

also assured that the tenant of the Élysée violated the rules of separation of activities and thus placed himself in illegality.

It was finally under pressure from the National Commission for the Control of the Electoral Campaign (CNCCEP) that the candidate's teams changed their strategy and stopped their electoral communication on the presidential accounts.

Read alsoFrédéric Dabi: “Macron declares himself a candidate by benefiting from a “flag effect””

THE RESPONSE -

On February 28, the Commission insisted, in a press release, on a “

particular…

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Source: lefigaro

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