National Rally has been playing defense since a media story revived accusations of ties to Moscow.
France’s far-right National Rally says a new report on Russian interference in French democracy is part of a “cabal” against the movement, after a Washington Post investigation revealed Moscow’s efforts to promote “political discord” in France and undermine support for Ukraine through “political figures and social media accounts.”
“Let’s be serious, this is a cabal,” National Rally MP and spokesperson Laurent Jacobelli said in a radio interview on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper’s report, which quotes Kremlin documents, insufficiently lists its sources and unfairly draws ties between Russian troll farms and France’s main far-right political force.
“This is more akin to gratuitous accusations than journalistic work,” he added.
The world ‘cabal’ has antisemitic origins. It is derived from the Jewish mystical practice of kabbalah, which was a way Jews were accused of witchcraft. I’m sure the National Rally knows that.
Hmm. Never knew this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal.