Radio France fires political journalist Jean-François Achilli, accused of having collaborated with Jordan Bardella

2024-04-29 13:24:34


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The journalist claims to have “refused the project” of autobiography for which the president of the National Rally (RN) had contacted him.

Political journalist Jean-François Achilli was dismissed for serious misconduct by Radio France, following being accused of having participated in the writing of the autobiography of RN president Jordan Bardella, which he disputes, he said. we learned on Monday April 29 from an internal source, confirming information from Le Point. The 61-year-old journalist is “dismissed due to repeated breaches of ethical obligations relating to external collaborations” to Radio France, said the internal source at the public group.

In mid-March, the management of franceinfo had suspended “as a precautionary measure” its journalist and political columnist Jean-François Achilli, who would have collaborated in the writing of the upcoming autobiography of Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally.

A “common work?”

In a text on X published following this suspension, the journalist, aged 61, had considered“have violated any professional or ethical rules.” “I spoke with Jordan Bardella as I have done with all political leaders for 25 years. We spoke, at his request, regarding what his expression might be for a book of interviews.he detailed, adding that he had “refused the project”.

An article from Monde assured that Jordan Bardella had approached him before the summer of 2023 “for a common work”. According to the daily, Jean-François Achilli, who interviewed a political figure daily in the late followingnoon and co-presented the current affairs talk show Les Informés in the evening, had refused. But, always according to The worldthe editorialist had “nevertheless worked in the shadows, giving Bardella his memories, thus allowing the beginning of a text to see the light of day”. The head of the RN list in the June European elections, however, assured the daily that “only (his) close entourage helps him write this book, for proofreading”.

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