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Media "labeling" controversy: the Élysée defends itself

03 December 2025 Other

Emmanuel Macron has proposed a "labeling" of the media, provoking the anger of the right, the RN and the Bolloré sphere, who are outraged at a totalitarian drift. False, replied the Élysée. The French president specified that the State should neither verify nor label the media, and that it was up to press professionals to draw up their own labels. A look back at the controversy with Pablo Pillaud-Vivien (Regards magazine) and Dominique de Montvallon (political columnist).