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Naulleau challenges Trappes mayor's rejection of CNews as journalism

The political debate moves from responses to the Trappes attack into a dispute over media legitimacy, political labels and responsibility for violent rhetoric.

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"Il se prend pour qui cet homme ?", Éric Naulleau excédé par le maire de Trappes

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0:59Coquerel rejects a comparison between the Trappes victim and Deranque, using a political characterization the panel disputes.
2:44Leboeuf condemns Coquerel's remarks but disagrees with colleagues over how Deranque's political affiliation can be established.
5:15D'Ornellas and Hervouët argue that political labeling can serve to justify violence indirectly.
11:37Recorded remarks show Lucas-Lundy and Rabeh rejecting CNews' journalistic status; Naulleau responds at 12:26.
17:14Lecornu's warning about rhetoric encouraging violence leads the panel to question its intended political targets.
22:27Naulleau cites National Rally's parliamentary conduct; Leboeuf counters with historical examples of fascist movements using parliamentary institutions.

Ali Rabeh's refusal to recognize CNews as a journalistic outlet draws an angry response from columnist Éric Naulleau in a political discussion posted by France's radio broadcaster Europe 1. Naulleau questions the Trappes mayor's authority to decide who qualifies as a journalist and raises the possibility of legal action.

The exchange comes roughly halfway through this excerpt of L'Heure des Pros, hosted by Pascal Praud. Rabeh and politician Benjamin Lucas-Lundy appear in recorded clips criticizing CNews; neither is participating in the studio discussion. The wider subject is the political response to the October 23 attack in Trappes, west of Paris.

Before reaching the mayor's remarks, Praud opens with criticism of Éric Coquerel, a lawmaker from the left-wing La France Insoumise party. In a recorded RTL interview, Coquerel rejects a comparison between a victim of what he describes as a racist killing in Trappes and Quentin Deranque, whom he calls a neo-Nazi in Lyon.

That characterization becomes a central dispute. Praud and several panelists condemn the language used about Deranque after his death. Mathias Leboeuf also calls Coquerel's remarks indecent, but disagrees with colleagues over the basis for describing Deranque's politics. Charlotte d'Ornellas argues that political labeling can function as an indirect justification for a killing; that is her interpretation of Coquerel's remarks.

The program then broadens its argument. It plays an archival report about Trappes and remarks by Bruno Retailleau defending the right to criticize the veil, before turning to Rabeh's rejection of CNews. Later, footage of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warning that words can encourage others to commit violence prompts discussion about whom that warning concerns.

In the closing exchanges, Praud challenges the use of the far-right label for National Rally. Naulleau argues that the party accepts parliamentary democracy and rejects street violence. Leboeuf counters that historical fascist movements also used parliamentary institutions before consolidating power. The disagreement leaves the program examining not just inflammatory language, but the standards used to define political extremism.