Overview

• Vallet said the Paris prosecutor has summoned him next week to notify the alternative-to-prosecution measure known as an injonction thérapeutique, which he plans to follow for six months.
• Culture Minister Rachida Dati appointed director general Agnès Chauveau as acting president to ensure continuity at the public audiovisual institute.
• Dati, who had proposed Vallet’s third five-year term in May, praised his record and the professionalism of Ina’s teams in a statement.
• Vallet, 55, was suspended in early August after being detained in late July at his Paris home for a cocaine delivery, and he apologized internally to staff while taking sole responsibility.
• The leadership change comes as Ina is included in the ministry’s France Médias restructuring plan that would group public broadcasters, a proposal opposed by unions.