The editorial committees of 39 French media outlets, including FRANCE 24 and RFI, on Friday released a joint statement condemning National Rally (RN) party leader and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s recent comments targeting investigative outlet Médiapart as “violent attempts at intimidation” against press freedom in France, qualifying them as “particularly worrying for the right to information" that citizens of a democracy "are entitled to expect”.
Le Pen on Tuesday said Médiapart, an investigative outlet which published alleged anti-Semitic comments by RN party president Jordan Bardella earlier in the week, would have to put on a “bulletproof suit” to contend with the party’s response.
