France warns of threat to elections from Russian disinformation network with far-right links

A French official said: 'We are concerned ahead of the European election — and the local elections in Ireland.' File photo 

French officials have warned the Irish Government of a “new intensity” to Russian disinformation online, which they claim is posing a “real threat” to the integrity of the upcoming European Parliament elections.

French officials have also said that current, and potential, MEPs are a “clear target” and said that in France, and elsewhere in Europe, there are “documented links” between Russia and political parties on the far-right.