MP Louis Boyard will ask for the “opening of a parliamentary inquiry” into the “interference” of Vincent Bolloré in his media

A violent altercation between the deputy and Cyril Hanouna, the presenter of “Touche pas à mon poste”, occurred Thursday, during a discussion which focused on the ship “Ocean Viking”.

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The deputy of La France insoumise (LFI) Louis Boyard announced in a press release on Friday November 11 that he intended to ask “the opening of a commission of inquiry to measure Vincent Bolloré’s interference in the media he owns” in the National Assembly. The elected official and presenter Cyril Hanouna argued violently on the program “Touche pas à mon poste”, broadcast Thursday evening on C8.

“The objective is in particular to audition Vincent Bolloré and Cyril Hanouna”, continues the elected representative of Val-de-Marne. Louis Boyard, the show’s former columnist, accused the “five richest people” from France from“to impoverish Africa”. Among them, he cited billionaire Vincent Bolloré, owner of the Canal+ group, to which C8 belongs. “Bolloré gave you money since you were a columnist here [et] you didn’t mind”replied Cyril Hanouna, criticizing the deputy for having wanted “make a splash”. The tone quickly rose. “I don’t give a damn that you’re elected”notably launched the presenter, before uttering insulting remarks.

The debate focused on France’s reception of the ship ocean vikingarrived in Toulon (Var), Friday. “The objective was to deconstruct the argument consisting in saying that we cannot accommodate all the misery of the world in France”, justifies the LFI deputy in his press release. Louis Boyard describes Cyril Hanouna’s remarks as “attempt to intimidate” and of “Clear manifestation of the censorship methods being used to muzzle anyone attacking this billionaire’s empire”.

The president of the group of France insubordinate to the National Assembly, Mathilde Panot, announced her intention to seize Arcom, the audiovisual policeman, about the sequence. “What happened tonight on ‘Touche pas à mon poste’ is extremely serious”, estimated the member for Val-de-Marne.


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