Safeguard the spirit of 'Liberation'

A long list of prominent figures, including Jean-Pierre Azema, Enki Bilal, Daniel Buren, Sophie Calle, Jeanne Moreau and Jean Nouvel, sign a joint appeal in defence of the daily Liberation newspaper in Le Monde's edition dated Tuesday, June 27. Liberation's director and co-founder, Serge July, has been shown the exit by the paper's main shareholder, Edouard de Rothschild. "What a newspaper! You may not share its ideas, its ironies may grate on your nerves, you may take issue with its positions or, on the contrary, hail its insolence - but how can you remain indifferent to its present plight? ... Though of differing sensibilities, backgrounds and schools of thought, we nonetheless wanted to express our collective concern. 'Liberation', by its tone, its commitments and its excess, occupies an essential place as a forum for democratic debate in France. ... It is a daily that demonstrated a spirit of resistance, when this was necessary."

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