It also offers a rich guide to goings on in the French capital alongside a strong national news coverage. Le Parisien is factual, punchy and doesn't seem lean one way or the other.
This is essentially a tabloid, without long opinionated diatribes. It is however, unashamedly Catholic and a significant portion is devoted to stories that have some link or other to Christianity. This newspaper has some outstanding international coverage and a pretty neutral tone when it comes to coverage of domestic politics in France. But the paper has also exposed abuses of left-wing candidates in the past. Because it fearlessly exposes the establishment, some believe Le canard enchainé to be left-wing. Everyone in the French political world keeps a close eye on this newspaper, which is offers a hive of inside knowledge and political gossip. It is known for its investigations and it's exposé helped cripple the presidential campaign of the centre-right candidate, François Fillon, in 2017. Journalists at Le canard enchainé (the chained duck) are excellent at securing leaks from people in high places. This weekly newspaper, sometimes compared to the UK's Private Eye, is highly influential in French politics. The newspaper is known for its investigations into abuses of power. Like Le Figaro, it too has moved closer to the centre in recent years. It was a key public supporter of Nicolas Sarkozy during his tenure as president - and most Le Figaro readers today still vote for the centre-right Les Républicains party.Ĭo-founded by Jean-Paul Sartre in the wake of the 1968 student protests, it will come as no surprise to read that Libération, popularly known as Libé, is a newspaper on the left. It has swayed slightly further towards the centre in recent years. It is the kind of publication that will run scare headlines about immigrants, based on polls conducted on its own readers. It regularly features expert voices from across the political spectrum. It truth, it is a very straight bat newspaper offering a rich variety of hard news, colourful reportage and socio-cultural critique. Widely considered France's newspaper of record, Le Monde, is generally considered to be a centre-left publication - although it claims to be non-partisan. Here's a look at some of the most popular French news organisations to help you understand their news coverage and likely political angles. All publications around the world have an alignment with a certain philosophy, ethos or political slant, and France is no exception.
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