Tugdual Denis has been appointed editorial director of Valeurs Actuelles (VA) to replace Geoffroy Lejeune, dismissed following his layoff, the owner of the far-right weekly, the group announced on Monday June 19. Valmonde.
Until then deputy director of the magazine which supported Eric Zemmour in the 2022 presidential election, “Tugdual Denis will have the particular mission of maintaining the continuity of the editorial line of VA, in fidelity to its history and its vocation: that of to be a newspaper assuming a conservative orientation, committed to the values ??of France, and free from any partisan ties,” Valmonde said in a statement.
“I am dismissed from Valeurs Actuelles after twelve years of a unique adventure, including seven [at its head]”, had previously announced Geoffroy Lejeune on Twitter, promising his supporters to find them “soon elsewhere”.
The 34-year-old journalist, who regularly appears on television sets, was suspended as a precaution in early June and summoned to a preliminary interview on the 12th, a procedure motivated by an “incident” involving him, according to the management of Valmonde, who did not wish to comment on his dismissal on Monday.
“Strengthen the dimension of news magazine”
According to information from Le Monde, the incident in question took place on May 29, when Mr. Lejeune objected to the new president of Valmonde, Jean-Louis Valentin, attending an editorial meeting.
For its part, the specialized media La Lettre A had revealed on May 29 the decision of the owner of Valmonde, the Franco-Lebanese businessman Iskandar Safa, to appoint Mr. Valentin in place of Charles-Antoine Rougier, in post since fall. According to Letter A, Mr. Rougier had not distanced the magazine far enough from the far-right editorial line desired by Mr. Lejeune, when he was mandated by Mr. Safa for this task.
This fall, when Mr. Lejeune already seemed threatened, he launched a campaign to support the magazine on social networks,