Paris (France) (AFP) – A disciplinary procedure is underway against Alix Bouilhaguet, editorialist for the public television channel franceinfo, after her contentious comments in particular about Jean-Luc Mélenchon, we learned on Friday from France Télévisions.

Published on: 06/11/2026 - 17:22

“She was called for an interview,” management said, without further details on the nature of the sanction envisaged.

Contacted by AFP, Alix Bouilhaguet did not react immediately.

She wrongly stated on October 21 that the leader of LFI, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, had "never clearly condemned the violence of October 17".

“I made a mistake and I apologize,” she declared the next day on air, after posting a similar message on the social network X.

Arcom, the audiovisual regulator, had at the same time asked television channels and radios to ensure "rigorous and balanced treatment" of demonstrations and violence, indicating that it had received reports of several sequences, including this one.

In addition, in April, Arcom sent a “formal notice” to France Télévisions and Radio France due to “allegations” made on air by Alix Bouilhaguet, who notably accused the mayor of New York of not having condemned the Hamas attack on Israeli soil on October 7, 2023.

However, according to Arcom, Mr. Mamdani “expressed himself on several occasions in the sense of condemnation of the crimes perpetrated in Israel by Hamas”.

In the program "Political Questions", broadcast on November 9, 2025 on franceinfo on television and France Inter on the radio, the journalist accused the democratic councilor of having called to "globalize the intifada", of "kicking in" the condemnation of October 7 or of raising funds for the UN agency Unrwa which would be "accused of collusion with Hamas".

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