Comedian Guillaume Meurice summoned to a disciplinary committee on May 30

Suspended for three weeks pending possible dismissal, France Inter comedian Guillaume Meurice has been summoned to a disciplinary committee on May 30 at 2:30 p.m. by the human resources department of Radio France, he announced Wednesday.

“The sanction envisaged is early termination for serious misconduct” of his employment contract, he is reminded in his summons, which follows a preliminary interview dating from last Thursday. “No final sanction decision” will not be “notified less than two working days after the commission is held” and the comedian can ask “during the meeting (…) that this minimum period be increased to eight calendar days”, it is specified. Asked by AFP, the management of Radio France did not wish to comment.

Controversial remarks

Guillaume Meurice was removed from the air on May 2, four days after having reiterated his controversial comments about Benjamin Netanyahu made at the end of October. He compared the Israeli prime minister to a “kind of Nazi but without foreskin», which earned him accusations of anti-Semitism and a complaint, recently dismissed. The comedian, who may be assisted on May 30 by a person of his choice among Radio France employees, was accompanied by a South union representative during his preliminary interview last week.

At the end of this interview, the union explained that Guillaume Meurice was accused of having repeated his controversial remarks “knowing that Arcom (the audiovisual regulator) had sent to Radio France a notice” the first time. Thus, the chronicler would have “lacked loyalty to his employer” and would have done it “in order to serve personal interests”reports Sud which disputes this. “The HR department of Radio France has sufficient elements to waive a sanction which could go as far as early termination of the employment contract”believes the union.

A strike against the suspension of Guillaume Meurice prevented the broadcast of Charline Vanhoenacker’s show on Sunday, May 12, of which he is a part, and disrupted the station’s programs during the day.