Jordan Bardella instructed the elected officers and spokespersons of the National Rally (RN) to not take part in Jean-Marc Morandini’s present on CNews, after the ultimate conviction of the host for corruption of minors, indicated, Monday January 26, the entourage of the president of the RN, confirming data from the Point.
The order was despatched on the finish of final week, in response to the weekly, roughly eight days after the rejection of Mr. Morandini’s cassation attraction, consequently definitively sentenced to 2 years in jail and a positive of 20,000 euros for messages of a sexual nature despatched to a few youngsters between 2009 and 2016.
The tv host, aged 60, was however stored on the air by CNews, which argued that « Jean-Marc Morandini continues[ait] his battle for justice » with an attraction envisaged earlier than the European Court of Human Rights.
Taking a distance
The day after his conviction, the MEP and spokesperson for the RN, Matthieu Vallet – additionally head of the municipal listing in Lille – was however on the set of this system “Morandini Live”. Followed a number of days later by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional councilor Andréa Kotarac, additionally spokesperson for the flame social gathering.
In the meantime, one other star of the tv channel had distanced herself from the continued presence of the condemned host on the air: Sonia Mabrouk had mentioned to not “guarantee” a call which doesn’t “apartment[enai]don’t ».
Point of view since supported by other figures from CNews. Pascal Praud judged that his colleague had “found the right words”when Laurence Ferrari mentioned to himself “challenged beyond the professional level by the situation”.
https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2026/01/26/jordan-bardella-demande-aux-elus-rn-de-ne-plus-participer-a-l-emission-de-jean-marc-morandini-sur-cnews_6664191_823448.html
The contributions space is reserved for subscribers.
Subscribe to entry this dialogue house and contribute to the dialogue.