France|The far-right party would like to privatize France’s public broadcasting, because according to the party, the current program offering is left-wing.
in France the far-right National Coalition (RN) plans to privatize France’s public television and radio channels if it wins the June-July parliamentary elections.
A British newspaper tells about it The Guardian.
Leading the national coalition Jordan Bardella told about the party’s intentions in an interview with the public television channel France 3. According to him, it would be possible to accumulate more than three billion euros in savings through privatization.
Vice President of the National Alliance Sebastien Chénu on the other hand, stated in an interview with the France 2 channel that France’s public television and radio channels needed “a little more freedom and oxygen”.
Chénu also added that programs on French public television and radio channels are “leaning to the left or far left.”
in France France Télévisions is responsible for public television channels and Radio France is responsible for radio channels.
France Télévisions plays a key role in France as a financier of films, dramas and documentaries. It is also considered the most important media in France.
Radio France, on the other hand, has several national and local stations. The radio station it owns, France Inter, is listened to by more than seven million people every day, making it the most popular station in France.
The privatization intentions of the national coalition have provoked a backlash in the French left.
Candidate of the left-wing New People’s Front party Clementine Autain said, according to The Guardian, that the French should vote for the left in the elections in order to “avoid carnage” in the country’s public broadcasting.
French the first round of the parliamentary elections is on Sunday, June 30, the second round on July 7.
President of France Emmanuel Macron decided to declare early elections in the country after the National Coalition achieved a landslide victory in the European elections a week ago.
Right-wing leader Marine Le Pen the ruling party got as much as 31.4 percent of the votes cast, while Macron’s own support parties got 14.6 percent of the votes.
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