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Fottorino, Eric
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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Prince Jean Sarkozy is King Nicolas' son
With the support of his father French President Nicolas Sarkozy, 23-year-old Jean Sarkozy has announced he wants to head the public agency that oversees La Defense business district in Paris. The daily Le Monde takes a sour view of the idea. "No one would think of blaming someone for being his father's son, even if his father is the president of France. That this son acquired his first poitical laurels in his father's fiefdom of Neuilly [a chic Parisian suburb] is acceptable, albeit borderline - especially as a victory in less favourable waters would have been more convincing. But to let Jean Sarkozy, a 23-year-old law student, aspire to the presidency of the public agency of La Défense poses serious doubts as to the impartiality of those in power. Have we gone back to the days of such perverse courtly practices that no one dares tell the monarch he's way out of line? The staggering thing is less the son's appetite than the father's willingness to sit back and let things take their course. When you're at the helm of a democratic nation you don't have carte blanche for everything."
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More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » France
Press censorship damages Morocco's image
The Moroccan government has confiscated around 100,000 copies of the magazine TelQuel and its Arab version Nichane and had them pulped. The magazine intended to publish a survey on how people assess the reign of the King of Morocco Mohammed VI. The daily Le Monde condemns the government's behaviour: "The Moroccan government couldn't have made a more controversial, high-handed, incomprehensible and … absurd decision to mark the tenth anniversary of the reign of Mohammed VI. On Saturday, August 1, and by order of the interior ministry the police raided the printers in Casablanca, where TelQuel and Nichane, the country's most important magazines, … were in press. … What crime … had the TelQuel led by Ahmed Benchemsi committed? None. Both magazines were about to publish a survey on how the King is rated. Le Monde had taken part in this initiative [and published the survey in its edition]. At present all [Le Monde] can do is denounce this action, which is an insult to the people and which has a surprisingly far-reaching negative impact on Morocco's image."
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More from the press review on the subject » Print media, » Press freedom, » Morocco
The French press in dire straits
Eric Fottorino expresses concern about the French press, which is currently going through a grave financial crisis: "The government's plan to allow a second commercial break during television films reduces the prospect of engaging in a positive debate ... about the financial state of the press. Newspapers are confronted with a decline in readership and dwindling advertising revenues. Simultaneously, the growing influence of the Internet and free newspapers is forcing the traditional media to rethink their economic model. Without wanting to take a purely economic view of our profession, we are clearly facing a combination of declining advertising revenues and high production and distribution costs. [If the government's proposal for the commercial break goes through,] the press will lose additional advertising revenues, giving it less room for manoeuvre and weakening its ability to lead a democratic discussion."
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More from the press review on the subject » Audiovisual Media, » Print media, » Online media, » France
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