Aquest dia 1 es va retirar del mercat una publicació per pressions dels eu accionista principal, pel sol fet de publicar enb portada que el 18% dels bretons estaven d'acord amb la independència de Bretanya.
El fet és molt indicatiu de la situació a França....
Per saber-ne més detalls, us deixo amb l'escrit de la Lliga Celta:
A popular Breton magazine is at the centre of a controversial debate
about the freedom of the French press following the censorship of a
front page story by the boss of a well known French newspaper, who
owns a share in the publication.
The February 2013 edition of 'Bretons' magazine featured a front page
story of the results of a survey showing that 18% of people in
Brittany are in favour of independence. However, Francois Regis Hutin
from the French newspaper 'Ouest-France', which owns a 30% stake in
the magazine and distributes the publication across Brittany,
apparently disagreed with the article and demanded that the story was
changed. The difficulty was the magazine had already been printed and
was on sale from last weekend. Nevertheless, despite the cost, the
magazine was withdrawn from the shelves of newsagents, a new leading
article written (with the less controversial title of '69% of Bretons
do not know their History') and the new edition is expected to be
ready for sale once again throughout Brittany from today (1st
February).
It seems though that the debate has only just begun with a
spokesperson from the French union, Confédération française
démocratique du travail (CFDT), condemning the move, saying that the
decision to pull the magazine from the shelves and change the article
was an act of censorship, unbecoming of a newspaper boss who has
consistently advocated for the freedom of information. The editor of
the 'Bretons' magazine, Didier Le Corre, argued that the magazine was
withdrawn, because of a printing problem.
According to the survey, commissioned by the magazine and undertaken
by Institut Français d'Opinion Publique (IFOP), 18% of respondents
from Brittany were in favour of independence, 48% of respondents feel
French first and 37% felt Breton first. The survey also found out that
44% of respondents were supportive of the reunification of Brittany
and 36% were against reunification.
The French state is usually proud of its reputation for the freedom of
its press, with the French government last September even banning
protests against the publication of a French satirical magazine that
published a cartoon denigrating Islam's Prophet Mohammad. However it
seems that the results of surveys into the opinion of Breton people
about their views of Breton self determination and their sense of
identity are far too controversial to publish even for the French
press!
