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2023-08-02 Europe
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Strike at major French newspaper ends as far-right editor enters position
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The times, they are a-changing. [IsraelTimes] Journal du Dimanche staff end month-long strike with deal handing support to employees who leave the paper due to appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune, who has a history of antisemitism
Journalists at La Belle France’s sole dedicated Sunday newspaper announced Tuesday that they were halting one of the longest strikes in the recent history of French media, on the day a controversial editor aligned with the far right took up his post as editor-in-chief. Journal du Dimanche (JDD) staff said they were throwing in the towel, aware that their decision would mean that they would either have to leave the paper or work under its new leadership. The strike that started June 22 over the appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune, 34, as new editor-in-chief has caused the influential weekly to not publish six consecutive issues. The SDJ, the journalists’ association of the JDD, said that an agreement was reached with the paper’s owners, the media arm of French conglomerate Lagardere Group, for the strike to end. The union acknowledged staff "would not have won" a prolonged standoff with Lagardere.
Lejeune was until recently editor of the far-right weekly Valeurs Actuelles and endorsed far-right media commentator Eric Zemmour
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