David Lisnard's online campaign: genuine support or an inflated bubble?
French presidential candidate David Lisnard, the mayor of Cannes, has drawn attention in recent days with a partly manufactured online campaign. This complicates matters for Bruno Retailleau, the candidate of Les Républicains.
David Lisnard, a candidate in the French presidential election and the mayor of Cannes, has generated wider discussion in recent days thanks to an online campaign. The Politico Europe podcast Playbook Paris describes that campaign as well crafted and partly manufactured. In opinion polls, Lisnard still struggles to break through.
Consequences for the right
The attention is unwelcome for Bruno Retailleau, the candidate of the party Les Républicains. The podcast therefore asks how real the supposed enthusiasm for the Cannes mayor actually is, and whether it could reshuffle the cards on the French right.
The role of liberals
The episode also looks at a broader question: how the liberal political camp, referred to as the liberal galaxy, is organising itself to weigh on the outcome of the election.
Who takes part
Elisa Bertholomey and Paul de Villepin share their information with host Anthony Lattier in the Playbook Paris podcast. The source gives no detailed figures on poll results or on the scale of the campaign, so what is clear for now is only that the real impact of the campaign is being questioned and assessed.
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