fifth Sunday in a row without “JDD” on newsstands

2023-07-21 11:34:00

This Friday, the editorial staff of the weekly renewed the strike opposing the arrival of Geoffroy Lejeune. The newspaper will not appear for the 5^e Sunday straight away.

By RK with AFP

The strike continues at Sunday newspaper, which will not be published for the fifth consecutive Sunday.
© ALAIN JOCARD / AFP

Published on 07/21/2023 at 1:34 p.m

Von Friday, the drafting of Sunday newspaper massively renewed its strike to protest once morest the arrival at its head of Geoffroy Lejeune (ex-Current values), which will prevent the publication of the newspaper for the fifth Sunday in a row. 98% of voters approved the continuation of the strike for its 29^e day (97 for, 2 once morest, 4 who do not comment), according to the society of journalists (SDJ) of the JDD in its daily press release. “There will be no newspaper this Sunday,” said a journalist from the weekly.

The SDJ underlines that “the editorial staff will meet on Saturday, a symbolic date which will mark a month of strike, to decide on the continuation of the movement”. But even if the strike is interrupted on Saturday, “I don’t see to what extent there might be a newspaper on Sunday,” said another journalist. If the mobilization continues beyond Sunday July 23, the JDD will have exceeded the 31 days of strike carried out in 2016 by the editorial staff of iTélé (now CNews), following being bought by Vincent Bolloré.

A unique movement

The current movement is in any case unprecedented in the history of the newspaper: its previous strike, in 2016, had impacted only one Sunday. On June 22, the editorial staff stopped working to contest the arrival of Geoffroy Lejeune, who had directed the weekly Current valuesto bring it closer to the ideas of Éric Zemmour, far-right presidential candidate of 2022. It also calls for guarantees of legal and editorial independence. Many observers see in this appointment the hand of billionaire Vincent Bolloré, whose Vivendi group must swallow Lagardère, the current owner of the JDDfollowing a successful takeover bid.

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On Wednesday, deputies from eight political groups (excluding RN and LR) notably presented to the National Assembly a bill aimed at protecting the editorial freedom of the media which seek state aid.

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