Overview
- Radio France announced that Charles Sapin, deputy editor of Valeurs Actuelles, will deliver a weekly political editorial on France Inter on Sundays, prompting strong internal unrest.
- The Intersyndicale at Radio France filed a strike notice demanding Sapin's removal for 13–14 September, keeping the possibility of industrial action active.
- Unions at France Télévisions (CGT, CFDT, SNJ) publicly condemned the hire as normalising far-right media and asked management to reverse the decision.
- France Inter and France Télévisions management defend the move as pluralism, say Sapin will face on-air debates (including with Rokhaya Diallo) and promise to end the collaboration if his remarks breach public-service values.
- Critics point to Valeurs Actuelles' past legal condemnations and investor links to argue the hire damages staff morale, risks importing CNews-style methods, and raises stakes for public media ahead of the presidential year.