“Nathalie Saint-Cricq votes. And you?"
On Wednesday,
La France insoumise
launched its new campaign on social networks and in the streets, encouraging its supporters to register on the electoral lists.
In it, “the rich”, “the racists” and “the golfers” as well as several personalities such as the journalist and editorialist for France Télévisions, Christophe Barbier and Pascal Praud, presented as opposed to the party led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, were targeted.
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Just a few hours after the publication of this campaign, Delphine Ernotte Cunci announced on X that she would take legal action.
“Political attacks against journalists who freely exercise their profession are unacceptable.
We cannot let this happen
,” she wrote, the president of France Télévisions.
“Under the cover of a seemingly innocuous question, before the European elections [...], this is a personal attack and an unacceptable use of his image
,” reacted the Society of Journalists (SDJ) of the group, which denounces a
“denigration”
towards
Nathalie Saint-Cricq
.
Questioned by AFP, Manuel Bompard, national coordinator of LFI, assured that
“there are absolutely no attacks or personal accusations in this campaign”
.
“It’s just a matter of raising awareness among the French about registering on the electoral lists.
Ms. Ernotte would do better to use the means of the public service to carry out an information campaign on this subject rather than attacking La France insoumise
,” he counter-attacked.
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The journalist was also able to count on the support of several of her colleagues.
“My full support for Nathalie Saint-Cricq, a great, free, sincere political journalist.
I would like to salute her flawless professionalism and the rigor that she has always put to the service of her profession
,” posted the presenter of “12.13 info” on Franceinfo and columnist in “C à vous” Émilie Tran Nguyen.
“Support for my friend Nathalie Saint-Cricq, shamefully attacked in a political campaign
,” lamented the presenter of France 2’s “1 p.m.” Julian Bugier.
“Solidarity with my colleague Nathalie Saint Cricq: press freedom under attack.
We must not let this pass
,” said LCI journalist Ruth Elkrief.
Invited Thursday evening in “C à vous” to present the special issue of “Envoyéspecial” devoted to Gérard Miller, Élise Lucet spoke about the posters of La France insoumise.
“We cannot attack journalists like that on posters.
It’s scandalous, it’s absolutely scandalous!
A political party in France cannot do that.
We send him to popular vindictiveness.
What is this behavior of a party that calls itself Republican?”
, declared the journalist before emphasizing:
“I tweeted this afternoon to support Nathalie but I believe that there are dozens, hundreds of us who have done so, at France Télévisions or elsewhere.
Because we would react in the same way if it were a journalist from Radio France, Le
Monde
, Elle
or
anything, it’s scandalous!”
And Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine concludes:
“All our support for Nathalie Saint-Cricq and Christophe Barbier”
.
This Friday morning, the
day after the Commission of Inquiry into the allocation of digital terrestrial television (DTT) frequencies which he attended, Gérald-Brice Viret, general director of Canal+, published on
never allow journalists to be singled out by political campaigns.
Full support to Nathalie Saint-Cricq and Pascal Praud
.
This Insoumis campaign also provoked reactions in the presidential majority and on the right.
Thus, Éric Ciotti wrote:
“These messages from La France insoumise against journalists are unbearable.
Mr. Mélenchon and his friends hate freedom.
They are a danger for France!”
.
The president of LR was then targeted by LFI so that there would be, according to the left party,
“no jealous people”
.