PARIS: Journalists’ representatives at more than 30 French media outlets have signed a petition protesting against what they termed restricted access to far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen offered by her National Front party, organisers said on Friday.
The petition comes after a number of cases in which journalists were excluded from covering campaign events or the anti-EU, anti-immigrant candidate herself, who faces centrist Emmanuel Macron in the May 7 runoff.
"For second-round campaigning, the National Front has decided to choose which media are authorised to follow Marine Le Pen," the petition says.
"Several outlets have had their representatives excluded from any information or any possibility to follow the National Front candidate," it adds.
The petition was signed by representatives for journalists at Agence France-Presse (AFP) and editorial staff at other major French media outlets including Le Monde and Le Figaro dailies, TF1 and BFM television channels as well as France Info radio.
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