The editorial director of “Current Values” laid off before a possible dismissal

Geoffroy Lejeune, editorial director of the far-right weekly Current valueshas been laid off and could be fired, AFP learned on Monday June 5 from concordant sources, confirming information from the World. Geoffroy Lejeune is indeed summoned on June 12 to “a preliminary interview” under a procedure that “could go as far as dismissal”according to the management of the Valmonde group, owner of Current values. In office since 2016, Geoffroy Lejeune did not respond to requests from AFP.

This procedure is motivated by a “incident” involving the 34-year-old editorial director, Valmonde management claimed. According The worldthis incident took place on May 29, when Geoffroy Lejeune objected to the new president of Valmonde, Jean-Louis Valentin, attending an editorial meeting. “Even if the editorial staff knows that relations between Geoffroy and the shareholder have been difficult for some time, the layoff and the summons came as a surprise”an internal source told AFP. Current values.

The specialized media The letter a revealed on May 29 the decision of the owner of Valmonde, the Franco-Lebanese businessman Iskandar Safa, to appoint Jean-Louis Valentin. According The letter a, his predecessor, Charles-Antoine Rougier, did not distance the magazine far enough from the far-right editorial line desired by Geoffroy Lejeune. The management of the press group did not wish to “no comment” at AFP.