Overview

• Legrand remains off air à titre conservatoire, and on Sunday he published a Libération editorial defending his role as an editorialist and denying any intent to influence an election.
• The video, recorded in July without the participants’ knowledge, shows Legrand telling Socialist Party officials that he and Patrick Cohen “do what is needed for Dati,” a line interpreted as acting against the culture minister and Paris mayoral candidate.
• Legrand calls the excerpt truncated, acknowledges clumsy wording, says he will “s’occuper journalistiquement” of Dati’s alleged falsehoods, and intends to file a legal complaint over the illicit recording.
• France Inter director Adèle Van Reeth condemned L’Incorrect’s methods as illegal and unfair and said the suspension aims to shield the station from suspicions of partisan use of its airwaves; Cohen was not suspended and plans legal action.
• Rachida Dati publicly demanded sanctions, reactions spread across parties reviving scrutiny of public-media neutrality, and the Socialist Party denied any collusion with journalists.