France - National Front evicts Mediapart reporter from “summer university”

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The party's assumption of the right to choose which journalists cover its events is very dangerous, RWB warns The FNJ, the youth wing of the National Front (FN), banned Mediapart reporter Marine Turchi from covering its “summer university” in Fréjus last weekend. This is not the first time the FN's leadership has assumed the right to choose which journalists cover its activities. Turchi had obtained FNJ accreditation and was able to cover the opening, but after the summer university's (...)

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