![]() ![]() As France's only national Sunday news weekly, it is far from an opinion magazine like Valeurs actuelles. The arrival of such a propagandist at the JDD, against the wishes of the editorial staff, can only be seen as a damaging step for the title. Although Lejeune was acquitted on appeal, the Paris Court of Appeal convicted the publication's editor and a journalist for a "racist insult." A fragile ecosystemīetween the support shown during the presidential campaign of far-right politician Eric Zemmour, who has been convicted multiple times of incitement to racial hatred, and the front page stories targeting "the Soros mafia" (in reference to the billionaire Jewish philanthropist George Soros), Lejeune's extreme stances eventually convinced the owner of Valeurs actuelles, the French-Lebanese shipowner Iskandar Safa, to let him go. The Gabon-born politician was portrayed as a slave experiencing "the responsibility of Africans for the horrors of slavery" in the 18 th century, with drawings depicting Obono with an iron collar around her neck. It was under his leadership that Valeurs actuelles published a seven-page story in August 2020 entitled "Obono l'Africaine," about far-left MP Danièle Obono, a member of La France Insoumise party. On the contrary, it represents a profound break. With the same cynicism that prevailed when Europe 1 radio became part of the Bolloré group, Arnaud Lagardère is acting as if this appointment were simply the continuation of a 75-year-old journalistic tradition. This appointment comes at a time when Vivendi, controlled by French billionaire Vincent Bolloré, is finalizing its takeover of the newspapers belonging to the Lagardère group, which previously owned the JDD. Lejeune previously ran the far-right magazine Valeurs actuelles. Almost all employees of the French Sunday weekly newspaper, both journalists and others, were on strike to protest the appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune as head of the paper. On June 25, for the first time in seven years, there was no edition of Le Journal du dimanche ( JDD). Published on June 27, 2023, at 12:06 pm (Paris), updated on June 27, 2023, at 12:58 pm Time to 2 min. Geoffroy Lejeune, who previously headed a far-right weekly newspaper, was appointed against the wishes of the editorial staff of the only French Sunday weekly, the Journal du Dimanche. Appointment of far-right editor at French weekly is a damaging show of force Editorial ![]()
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