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France Unbowed 'has become a target' of the UAE, Melenchon saysThe leader of French left-wing party France Unbowed (LFI) and former presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon has denounced “the influence of networks linked to the United Arab Emirates” following a series of accusations levelled against the party and some of its MPs.
“LFI has become a target of the Emirates,” he wrote on his blog on Tuesday, shortly after his party, the largest left-wing group in parliament, filed a complaint to the public prosecutor regarding a highly controversial poll on Muslims in France, suggesting it could be part of an Emirati “influence operation” in the country.
The survey, which suggests that there is “a phenomenon of 're-Islamisation'" in France "accompanied by a worrying increase in adherence to Islamist ideology”, has been the subject of several legal complaints from Muslim organisations, who accused it of being “based on biased questions” to spread “the poison of hatred in the public sphere”.
The poll, conducted by the French Institute of Public Opinion (Ifop), was commissioned by a magazine, Écran de Veille (Screen Watch), which is said to be linked to an alleged Emirati smear campaign against Muslim individuals and groups.
Several media outlets have exposed links between the UAE and some staff members of Écran de Veille.
The monthly publication is owned by Global Watch Analysis (GWA), a media company that is highly critical of political Islam, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood - a movement banned by the UAE - and harbours open hostility toward Qatar.
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