Eric Zemmour's column removed from RTL programs

The column "We do not necessarily agree" RTL morning, held twice a week by the journalist Eric Zemmour, will not be renewed next season, according to information published Friday, July 13, by the magazine Challenges .

The journalist, who officiates since 2010 on the radio group M6, could continue to intervene on the air during Friday's debate with Alain Duhamel. It could also animate a time slot of the weekend, still according to the magazine.

The radio had received, twice, warnings of the Superior council of audio-visual (CSA) for remarks made by the journalist , known for his controversial positions on Islam and immigration. Contested within the editorial staff, who asked him to leave on several occasions, Eric Zemmour was continuously supported by the management of M6 and RTL.

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On May 3, 2018, the journalist was sentenced by the Paris Court of Appeal for provocation to religious hatred because of Islamophobic remarks he made in 2016 in the television program "C to you" , on France 5. Eric Zemmour had already been convicted in 2011 for provoking hatred for having declared on television that "most of the traffickers are black and Arab, that's how it is a fact" .