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Nathalie Saint-Cricq votes, and you?
» By targeting in turn the political editorialist of France Télévisions but also Christophe Barbier and Pascal Praud, the electoral registration campaign of La France insoumise (LFI) has created controversy.
In support of Nathalie Saint-Cricq, France Télévisions took legal action on February 29.
“Political attacks against journalists who freely exercise their profession are unacceptable.
We cannot let this go: France Télé is taking legal action
,” said Delphine Ernotte Cunci, the president of the public audiovisual group, on X.
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Since then, the Insoumis have denied any pillorying of journalists with an opinion supposedly opposed to theirs.
“There are absolutely no attacks or personal accusations in this campaign
,” said Manuel Bompard, national coordinator of LFI to AFP.
“Do you think voting is an insult?”
, for her part falsely questioned Mathilde Panot, leader of the rebellious deputies, on Franceinfo.
Invited on TF1 this Wednesday morning, LFI MP Raquel Garrido, for her part, called for “
supporting everything that strengthens democracy”
.
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Free journalism strengthens democracy.
Registering in the electoral rolls and voting strengthens democracy
,” she declared before calling for “
behavior which does not encourage people to unregister from the electoral rolls”.
In the same desire to avoid controversy, the elected official from Seine-Saint-Denis nevertheless felt that “
controversy can be funny”
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If I had been Nathalie Saint-Cricq, I would have taken it with a big laugh.
I'm one of the people who has a lot of self-deprecation.
We also get targeted a lot
,” she said.