The strike at the “Sunday newspaper” extended until Tuesday morning

An almost unanimous vote. The drafting of JDD spoke out in favor of the continuation of the strike until Tuesday 9:30 a.m., to denounce the appointment as its head of the journalist marked on the far right Geoffroy Lejeune, announced, Saturday July 1, its Society of Journalists (SDJ) . In total, 98% of voters expressed themselves in favor of the continuation of the movement and, in detail, 90 for, two against, four who did not decide.

The teams of Sunday newspaper will meet on Monday to vote whether or not to continue this movement started on June 22. A strike fund was opened to support the movement and a petition was launched. She had collected more than 34,000 signatures by Saturday morning.

Second week of strike

Therefore, the newspaper will not appear for the second Sunday in a row, unheard of, according to a statement from the SDJ. The previous strike, in 2016, had deprived the weekly of publication for only one Sunday. The drafting of JDDwhich is in its second week on strike, is still asking the management of Lagardère News, owner of the weekly, to “to renounce the nomination of Geoffroy Lejeune” and D‘”provide the editorial staff with guarantees of legal and editorial independence”.

Many observers see in the arrival of Geoffroy Lejeune at the head of the newspaper, closely followed by political and economic circles, the hand of the billionaire Vincent Bolloré, with reputedly ultra-conservative opinions. The latter steers the Vivendi group, a media juggernaut in France, which includes the Canal+ group and its channels C8 and CNews as well as Prisma, the leading magazine press group, and the publishing group Editis.