The RN snubs BFMTV after the appointment of a new journalist to follow the party

Rémi Jacob, with AFP 11:00 am, May 29, 2023, modified at 11:01 am, May 29, 2023

The main figures of the National Rally were asked by their leadership "to no longer respond to the solicitations of BFMTV", especially after the recruitment of a new journalist to follow the party, said Friday to AFP an official of the RN confirming information from Politico.

"We welcome this decision as a breach of trust"

"After having exposed to the management of the channel our greatest reluctance towards a journalist who has been professionally conducting for several years a militant and political fight against us, BFMTV chooses in conscience to confirm this choice," lamented the leadership of the RN in a message sent to the "main speakers" of the party. According to several media, journalist Sophie Dupont must leave the program Daily broadcast on TMC to join the political service of BFMTV and follow the National Rally.

"We welcome this decision as a breach of trust. This decision is obvious to alter the objective treatment of the movement," it was still written to the media pundits of the far-right party, asking them, "in agreement with Marine (Le Pen), to no longer respond to the solicitations of BFMTV", whether for "sets" in studio, "duplex", or "interviews". An RN official confirmed to AFP the authenticity of these messages, explaining that it was not a "boycott" but a "moratorium".

According to the lepenists, there is no longer a BFMTV journalist assigned to follow the RN "for three months and this will be the case again three months". "We ask for normal treatment with a follow-up like all the other parties," he continued, acknowledging that the appointment of Sophie Dupont was "the straw" that broke the camel's back. Asked by AFP, BFMTV said it will not "speak on the subject".