Overview

• France Inter removed the columnist from the air on a provisional basis after L’Incorrect published a secretly recorded July clip in which he says, “Nous, on fait ce qu’il faut pour Dati, Patrick et moi.”
• Thomas Legrand called the phrasing a maladroit excerpt from a private, truncated exchange, denied political collusion, and said he will file a complaint over an illicit recording.
• Patrick Cohen was at the meeting with PS officials Pierre Jouvet and Luc Broussy; he described the video as manipulative, plans a privacy complaint, and was not suspended.
• Director Adèle Van Reeth condemned the recording and publication methods as illegal and said the comments could foster doubts about the station’s neutrality.
• Rachida Dati urged sanctions, the Socialist Party denied any collusion, and politicians from LR, RN and Jean‑Luc Mélenchon leveraged the episode to press broader claims about public media bias.