This fee called, contribution to public audiovisual, brought in in 2019, a little more than 4 billion euros .It is backed by the payment of the housing tax which must disappear completely in 2023. Eric Zemmour, Marine le Pen and Valérie Pécresse also propose to abolish it in the event of arrival at the Elysée. The government spokesperson has dismissed with regard to public broadcasting “the endangerment of its financing and its independence” with this measure. .”What we propose to eliminate is not the financing, it is the tool, that is to say the royalty “said Gabriel Attal. Unions such as SUD France Television or the CGT are very worried about its sustainability but also for its editorial independence.
The royalty, an old lady
The fee was created in 1933 to finance radio The public audiovisual sector in France has 6 companies, France TV, Arte France, Radio France, France Médias Monde, INA, TV5 Monde. In a 2018 Senate poll by OpinionWay, 69% of French believe that the amount of the audiovisual license fee is not justified in relation to the public service offer.