A fake poll, sent by SMS, which places Eric Zemmour in the second round alongside Emmanuel Macron. In a joint statement, the National Election Campaign Control Commission and the Polling Commission “call for the greatest caution” on these messages that have circulated in recent hours but which “do not constitute polls and therefore cannot rely on this term”.
The two commissions also asked the “media, platforms and social networks and individuals not to relay” these messages “which may constitute misleading information”.
Just before the official end of the electoral campaign at midnight, this “fake poll”, which sends Éric Zemmour to the second round, was sent by SMS to many people. Some supporters of the far-right polemicist also relayed it on social networks.
– Melanie Juve
Valérie Pécresse seizes the Polls Commission
LR candidate Valérie Pécresse immediately seized the Polling Commission and accused Eric Zemmour by name of “currently illegally broadcasting a fake survey via SMS”.
“This SMS, unsolicited by its recipients and contravening all the regulations relating to the protection of personal data, is not even signed by its author, making it seem like a spontaneous or even informative dissemination”she explained in a press release. “In addition, this communication is in total violation of the law of July 19, 1977 relating to the publication and dissemination of certain opinion polls”she adds.
“Indeed, it does not include the mandatory information, such as the name of the organization and the sponsor, the number of people questioned, the date of its realization or the questions asked”laments Ms. Pécresse.