The independent union of Canal+, +Libres, “remorse”, Friday, October 18, on their social networks the serial adaptation of the book french suicide of the polemicist and far-right politician Eric Zemmour, confirmed this week by the group.
« + Free (…) “regrets once again that the group serves as ideological support for ideas that in no way support the company’s objectives in an important period of its history.”writes the union, evoking in particular its possible “IPO”.
Canal+, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, is one of three entities, along with Havas and the Louis Hachette group, that intend to become independent from the Vivendi group, owned by conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré.
The plan to split the different activities of Vivendi, a French publishing and media giant, will be voted on December 9 at the general assembly. If the split plan is approved, the first listing of the shares of the three companies would occur on December 16.
Fayard, publisher of the Vivendi group, will publish Jordan Bardella’s first book
The serial adaptation project of the successful book french suicide − released in 2014 and sold more than 500,000 copies − is “in development” on Planète +, Canal+ channel, the group announced on Wednesday, confirming the information of Parisian.
In 2014, Eric Zemmour, journalist for FigaroHe became a successful essayist with this book, published by Albin Michel under the direction of Lise Boëll, who has built an image for herself as an editor of far-right authors.
He has directed Fayard since June and will publish in November the first book by Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally. Fayard, a subsidiary of Hachette Livre, is part of the Vivendi group, like the Canal+ galaxy.
Presidential candidate in 2022, Eric Zemmour heads Reconquête!, a far-right movement that obtained 0.6% of the votes in the following legislative elections, without any elected deputies.
