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Why Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the Creator of Vlc, Threatens to Leave France
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Jean-Baptiste Kempf, creator of VLC, the famous Swiss Army knife of video, is angry and threatening to simply leave France. The reason: the Ministry of Justice is preventing his wife from becoming a judge, despite her passing the entrance exam for the National School of Magistrates (ENM).
On 22 February 2026, on LinkedIn, Jean-Baptiste Kempf, one of the artisans of VideoLAN and VLC software, threatened to leave France. Asked in the publication, Gérald Darmanin replied in the comments, triggering a weapons pass between the two men.
Jean-Baptiste Kempf, one of the founders of VideoLAN (VLC), threatens to leave France.
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