France's far-right party chief wins court fight over book advertising

France's far-right party chief wins court fight over book advertising

A court on Wednesday ruled against the company that manages train station advertising in France for refusing to accept posters for the book of far-right opposition leader Jordan Bardella.

MediaTransports had refused in October to post the book of the president of the RN in the stations. A "failure to fulfil the contract" of broadcasting according to a judgment handed down on Tuesday 8 April by the court of economic activities.

In October, the company refused to post the publication of the RN president's book in the French railway stations and the Paris metro. On Tuesday, the court of economic activities concluded that the contract was not being carried out.

MediaTransports, which operates the advertising panels on behalf of RATP and Gares et Connexions (subsidiary of the SNCF), had justified the breach of the contract by the nature of the book. However, the court dismissed Hachette Livre, Fayard's parent company,'s request for execution...

The court of economic activities in Paris concluded that the publication of the book by the president of the National Rally was not being carried out in breach of the contract.

Victory for Jordan Bardella. The publishing house Fayard and the Hachette Livre group announced this Wednesday, April 9th that they had won the case with the justice system in the... Read more Jordan Bardella's book: The advertising board of the SNCF judged guilty by the justice system appeared first on Current Values.