The arrival of Gabriel Attal at Matignon has consequences even in the corridors of the World. The head of the newspaper’s political department, Ivanne Trippenbach, announced on Saturday that she was leaving this position and changing departments in the face of “the emotion caused” by the fact that her spouse is an advisor to the Prime Minister.
“In view of the excitement aroused, I decided to leave the management of the political department of Le Monde and am delighted to join the department of major reporters,” she wrote on profession of journalist – each of my articles attests to this – everyone I have encountered knows that I do it with independence and freedom,” she added.
“Whatever your private life, you can be a free woman”
“At every stage of my journey, I have always informed my employers of my personal situation, in complete transparency. This, in my view, is where the inherent ethics of journalism lie. No woman should ever be reduced to her husband. Whatever your private life, you can be a free woman and an independent journalist,” continued Ivanne Trippenbach.
Tuesday, the Arrêt sur Images site reported “turmoil” within the daily newspaper The world since Rayan Nezzar, with whom the journalist has been in a relationship for several years, was appointed advisor, head of the action and public accounts department, to the Prime Minister, on January 9. He already worked with Gabriel Attal when he was Minister of Education.
According to a survey of Mediapart published before the announcement of Ivanne Trippenbach’s withdrawal, several members of the evening daily’s editorial team were concerned about a risk of conflict of interest, and “a meeting of the group’s ethics and professional conduct committee The world (had) been summoned urgently, Monday January 29, in order to resolve the crisis.”