Geoffroy Lejeune, former head of “Current values”, appointed editorial director of the “Journal du dimanche”, despite the opposition of employees

The Lagardère group announced on Friday June 23 the appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune, 34, as editorial director of the Sunday newspaperin the midst of a strike by its teams, opposed to the arrival of the far-right journalist, freshly landed from the weekly Current Values.

Geoffroy Lejeune succeeds Jérôme Béglé, himself appointed managing director of the editorial staff of Paris Match, another title of the Lagardère group, whose absorption by Vivendi, the group of ultra-conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré, has just been authorized by Brussels .

“The adventure is not over, we will soon meet elsewhere”, wrote Geoffroy Lejeune on Twitter on Monday, after his dismissal from Current values. Three days later, the revelation by The world of his possible arrival at Sunday newspaper launched an almost unanimous strike there, renewed on Friday, a few hours before the formalization of his appointment. The editorial staff fears a turn to the right for the newspaper, now controlled by Vincent Bolloré, a billionaire with deemed ultra-conservative opinions.