He didn’t have to wait very long before receiving the first job offers on his desk. Tuesday June 11, Guillaume Meurice was dismissed for serious misconduct by the management of Radio France, after twelve years of collaboration. The comedian had been suspended from the air since “Le grand Dimanche soir” on April 28, a show during which he reiterated his comments about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Since his dismissal justified by Sibyle Veil, the columnist of Charline Vanhoenacker had been virulent towards her former employer, believing in a “letter to France Inter” that his dismissal was a “ideological victory” For “the extreme right“.
Not interested in an investiture in legislatures
This vitriolic message was read with attention by political parties, since according to our colleagues from “Libération”, France Insoumise, now under the Front Populaire banner, approached the job seeker to offer him candidate of the united left in the legislative elections on June 30 and July 7. An investiture that Guillaume Meurice declined, possibly not enthusiastic about the idea of entering politics. After the express dissolution of the National Assembly by Emmanuel Macron, the campaign is in full swing and the various organizations have very little time to give their list of candidates for the ballot.
“The Republic is not me” explains Guillaume Meurice
Just like Guillaume Meurice’s former colleagues, LFI was immediately positive in the latent conflict opposing the comedian to the audiovisual group. François Ruffin, the instigator of the creation of the Popular Front, indicated that the first measure of this coalition would be “the reinstatement of Guillaume Meurice at France Inter“while that of the National Rally would be “to deliver the entire public service to Vincent Bolloré”.
