The Head of State will be questioned on Thursday on TF1 and France 2, about international issues, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Landings. A choice denounced by several opposition parties.
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Arcom, the audiovisual regulator, called on Tuesday June 4 the channels to “strict compliance with the rules” speaking time, before Emmanuel Macron’s interview on TF1 and France 2 on Thursday, in their 8 p.m. news. This interview, three days before the European elections of June 9, is organized in the occasion of the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Landings, and must relate to this event, but also international issues, including the wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip.
Several opposition parties were moved by this exposure given to the Head of State in the home stretch of the electoral campaign, seeing it as support for the list led by Valérie Hayer. The first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, announced that he would seize Arcom on Tuesday. His Republican counterpart, Eric Ciotti, and the head of the list of La France insoumise, Manon Aubry, had affirmed their intention to do the same.
“In accordance with the jurisprudence of the Council of State, the interventions of the President of the Republic are counted when, due to their content and their context, they relate to the political debate linked to the elections”recalls Arcom in its press release.
Therefore, “all or part of the comments made during this interview may be taken into account” in the speaking time of the list of the presidential camp, continues the audiovisual policeman, who recalls that the channels had to count “the entire speech that the President of the Republic gave at the Sorbonne” on April 24, in which he delivered his vision of the future of the European Union.
The audiovisual regulator also explains that the other lists must benefit in return from“equitable access” to the antennas. Arcom also specifies that it has “sent a letter today to the two audiovisual groups concerned so that they can inform it without delay of the measures they intend to take, including in advance, to guarantee full compliance with a presentation and equitable access to their antenna.
