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Striking French Sunday newspaper journalists 'more determined than ever'

A protester holds a placard reading "JDD on strike" during a demonstration of striking journalists of weekly daily Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) against the nomination of Geoffroy Lejeune as the newspaper's new managing editor, in Paris, on July 19, 2023. © BERTRAND GUAY / AFP

Journalists at France's national weekly Journal du Dimanche (JDD) on Tuesday vowed to press on with a strike in protest at the appointment of a young new editor close to the far right. Their action is unprecedented in the French press since 1975.

Staff at the Journal du Dimanche (JDD) have been on strike for over a month over the appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune, 34, as new editor-in-chief, meaning the influential publication has now missed five consecutive issues.

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