TRUE OR FALSE. Which accounts does Gabriel Attal follow on X, formerly Twitter?

A social media specialist analyzed all the accounts followed by Gabriel Attal on X, formerly Twitter, and classified them into different categories using software. Unsurprisingly, the Prime Minister follows policies, mainly from Renaissance, his current party. Many accounts linked to the Socialist Party (PS) are also followed. “Nothing surprising, since Gabriel Attal comes from the PS”indicates Luc Brisson, journalist from the “True or Faux” unit of franceinfo, present on the set of 19/20 info, Friday January 12.

Accounts that do not reflect his government

Media or journalist accounts are also followed. Although his government leans to the right, the Prime Minister nevertheless follows few right-wing accounts on Twitter. “There is no big zoom on the personalities of the Republicans, these are moreover institutional monitoring”explains Nicolas Vanderbiest, researcher specializing in digital activity, who conducted this analysis.

In his government, the minister with whom Gabriel Attal shares the most accounts followed in common is the Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Séjourné, his former companion, who was also in the PS. On the other hand, the Prime Minister shares very few common networks with the right wing of Macronie, such as Gérald Darmanin, Bruno Le Maire or Sébastien Lecornu.