Investigation established by UDR party to look at ‘neutrality, workings and financing’ of state TV and radio
The French public broadcaster is at the centre of a political row as a parliamentary inquiry examines the “neutrality, workings and financing” of state TV and radio, while the media are expected to play a significant role ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
The rightwing UDR party, an ally of Marine Le Pen’s far-right the National Rally (RN), set up the inquiry amid far-right claims that public TV and radio has a bias against them. Le Pen, whose party is expected to reach the final round of the presidential race, has said “there is a clear problem with neutrality in the public service broadcasting” and that she would like to privatise it.
The French parliamentary inquiry, which will run until March, comes amid tension over public broadcasting in Europe – with Trump suing the BBC for up to $10bn over cuts to a 6 January speech, and unions at the Italian public broadcaster saying Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government had too much control.
That’s what’s so fun about democracy
All the systems you build can be instantly captured and used for evil if your right wing supremacist opponents win
and there’s more and more chances they will, and I’m not sure we can call it a conspiracy anymore when we say Russia is pushing for it, as both extremes are Russia friendly… (at least here in France…) That is kinda scary
It’s just a real conspiracy as in a literal agreement between Russia and maga/afd/rn to accomplish nefarious goals
Democracy + social media = idiocracy
That’s what’s so fun about democracy
Well, yes considering other forms of government are already captured by various stripes of authoritarians.
Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
- Shrimpston Lurchill
