French President Emmanuel Macron's reelection campaign has its own Minecraft server
France's presidential elections begin in a few days, and as part of his re-election campaign, sitting president Emmanuel Macron has launched his own Minecraft server. Revealed <a href=«https://twitter.com/avecvous/status/1508798536997027849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1508798536997027849%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamepur.com%2Fnews%2Ffrench-president-launches-official-minecraft-server-as-part-of-his-reelection-campaign» target="_blank" data-url=«https://twitter.com/avecvous/status/1508798536997027849?ref_src=» https: www.pcgamer.com rel=«noopener»>on Twitter(opens in new tab)
, the server features a mixture of rural and urban environments surrounding a recreation of the Palais de l'Élysée, the official residence of the French President.
You can see an overview of the server in the video above. Other notable locations include a recreation of Macron's campaign office and, uh, a room filled with cardboard boxes. Naturally, the world is plastered with Macron's campaign slogan «avec vous», whether that's on posters adorning the walls, or on a giant banner being dragged across the sky by a prop-plane.
The server isn't purely an election gimmick, it's tied to one of Macron's stated policies, namely his desire to create «a European metaverse»(opens in new tab) as a way to increase France's «cultural and informational independence» away from big tech companies like Apple and Google, alongside what the French president refers to as «Anglo-Saxon or Chinese aggregators».
Obviously there's a huge gap between a Minecraft server and a Metaverse, but it's a novel use of Minecraft. It's also less cringeworthy than I expected, although that could be down more to the sheer ubiquity of
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