“For our republican values, how not to be alarmed”, questioned Rima Abdul-Malak, Sunday, on the fourth day of the strike movement launched against the arrival of the former leader of “Current Values”.
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The government takes a stand. Culture Minister Rima Abdul-Malak expressed deep concern for the “republican values”Sunday June 25, faced with the situation at Sunday newspaperon strike to prevent the planned arrival of a new director marked on the far right. “My Sunday ritual was to wake up with the JDD. Today it does not appear”she wrote on social media. “I understand the concerns of its editorial staff. In law, the JDD can become what it wants, as long as it respects the law. But, for our republican values, how not to be alarmed?”she continued.
The newspaper, controlled by Vincent Bolloré, has been shut down since Thursday and the vote for a strike which prevented its publication on Sunday. The movement was renewed until Wednesday. In question, the arrival of Geoffroy Lejeune, dismissed from the far-right weekly Current valuesas managing editor.
The PS calls for “legislation”
On the left, the Green MP Sandrine Rousseau supported the employees on Sunday. The leader of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, said to himself “very worried about pluralism” and called to “legislate again to allow editorial independence”, recalling that the Socialists are working on a bill on the subject. The leader of the CGT Sophie Binet expressed her “total support for JDD journalists”believing that “the extension of Bolloré’s media empire (was) a serious danger to democracy”.
About thirty companies of journalists from major media, including France Télévisions, Le Figaro, The world, The Parisian, ReleaseRadio France or even Paris Matchgave their support to the striking journalists of the JDDin a column published on Mediapart.