Abolition of the fee: public television and radio disrupted by a strike on Tuesday

Public service radio and TV channels are disrupted on Tuesday morning by a strike against the abolition of the audiovisual license fee wanted by the government this fall, perceived by protesters as a "

" to their independence.

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A rally planned in Montparnasse

The music was running at full speed on France info, France Inter or even France Culture instead of the traditional morning shows, while France 2 offered reruns of extracts from Télématin.

Banners also announced the disruption of the antennas of the France 24 and franceinfo news channels and of the latter's website.

The employees of France Télévisions and Radio France, but also of France Médias Monde (France 24, RFI, MCD), Arte and Ina were called to stop work on Tuesday by an inter-union CGT-CFDT-FO-SNJ-SUD-UNSA -CGC-CFTC.

A rally is also planned for noon in Montparnasse in Paris, for a parade towards the National Assembly.

At the origin of the movement, the defense of public broadcasting, with financing and independence under threat,

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This measure was proposed during the presidential campaign by President Emmanuel Macron, under purchasing power.

Amounting to 138 euros in mainland France and 88 euros overseas, it only concerns households that have a television: the others do not pay it, even if they watch programs on a computer, tablet or smartphone.

This resource has become all the more strategic since the removal of advertising in the evening and then in children's programs on public service channels.

Its abolition will lead to a shortfall of more than 3 billion euros that the State promises to compensate with public broadcasters.

But the protesters consider that the public broadcasting budget "

”.

"

", according to a union leaflet.