The heiress of Calmann-Lévy complains of the “nationalist right color” of Lagardère-Liberation

“The cumulation of books of books by Jordan Bardella, Nicolas Sarkozy, Philippe de Villiers and Xenia Federova, at Fayard, is equivalent to the sale of a single book by Guillaume Musso [publié par Calmann-Lévy, ndlr].» This tangy recall is addressed to Arnaud Lagardère. Furthermore, CEO of Lagardère and Hachette Livre, in the pages of Monde. However, Eliane Calmann-Lévy. the heiress of the publishing house which bears her name, attacks the editorial line of the media of the empire of the billionaire Vincent Bolloré, who according to her detects throughout the group, and therefore, on her own shop.

“Now nationalist right -wing coloring . tropism prorussian, with in particular the presence in Sunday newspaper [JDD]by Xenia FEDOROVA [ex-dirigeante de la chaîne de télévision RT France, et autrice chez Fayard, filiale d’Hachette, ndlr], Propagandist heiress calmann-lévy complains “nationalist right of Putin, put very comfortable the majority of the 66,000 employees of Vivendi-Lagardère and Louis Hachette Group, many authors, not to mention business partners and shareholders ”, She said through the evening daily life.

Eliane Calmann-Lévy then suggests. in chosen terms, only for “Salter a crisp and unproductive situation, while allowing free expression, the best solution would be to resell Fayard, The JDD And Europe 1 in the Bolloré group, and thus allow Louis Hachette Group to reconnect with real welcome and expected political neutrality ”. A speaking which occurs opportunely after a decision of the European Commission on July 18. according to which Vivendi is accused of having anticipated his takeover of Lagardère. If the proceedings were confirmed, the group faces a fine of 10 % of its turnover.

The request of the shareholder of Calmann-Lévy was however swept by Arnaud heiress calmann-lévy complains “nationalist right Lagardère. still in the worldwhich reaffirms that “Fayard, Europe 1 and the JDD are an integral part of the Lagardère group, they must remain there: their audience success shows, moreover, that they have a role to play in French society”. The heiress’s offensive follows a campaign carried out by independent publishers in the spring against the Catholic Billionaire Conservative. with the publication of a work in early June entitled “Overflow Bolloré”. Several contributions precisely decipher its economic predation methods, in order to take control of whole sections of the cultural industry.