Angered by BFM-TV, a national rally establishes a “moratorium” on his presence on set.

BFM-TV was taken away. The headliners of the National Rally (RN) have been absent from the set of France’s first news channel for several days, according to a news bulletin. politics Friday 26 May. The instruction was given by Marine Le Pen and RN President Jordan Bardella. The far-right movement complains about the wrong treatment of the channel and cites two reasons: the lack of regular monitoring by the same journalist since January and close to the identity of the journalist – Sophie Dupont – A program from Quotidien to cover the party at the beginning of the next school year.

When contacted, the chain’s general manager, Marc-Olivier Fogel, declined to comment. this “Moratorium” The decree of the Le Penist party comes after the end of the mission of the BFM-TV journalist, who was very close to the RN executives internally.

joined the worldM^I Le Pen flew into a cold rage: “We are not doormats. We do not ask for a red carpet, but at least respect. Either this is a management problem and Mr. Fogiel needs to do what is needed, or this is RN’s disdain and that is no less debatable. Mr. Bardella has already had conversations with Mr. Fogiel and will continue. Meanwhile, damn it! » The existence is confirmed by the president of RN deputies “A moratorium until we find a way to respect the political power that represents millions of French people”.

Respect, which, according to him, would go through the appointment of a journalist who did not come from “Day”, the program that M.^I Le Pen has a fierce hatred. During the presidential campaign, he denied access to press conferences with TMC show reporters and called them “fun” And they brag “decide” Who was a journalist? Relations are also strained between the release of Yann Barthès and La France insoumise.

BFM puts the “moratorium” into perspective

They explain the vacancy of the extreme right-wing “rubricard” in BFM-TV The journalist’s assignment following Marine Le Pen’s presidential campaign was decided in January. According to sources inside the channel, the journalist’s neutrality was called into question by his closeness to several party workers. Warned several times about the situation, Philippe Corbett, then head of the political department, asked her to change the headlines in January after smiling selfies of RN employees at her company appeared on social media.