RTL Matin" show broadcast on February 25, 2025: intervention with RTL

Arcom was alerted to a segment of the RTL Matin program, shown on RTL on February 25, 2025, during which a journalist drew a comparison between acts committed by the Nazis during the Second World War, in particular at Oradour-sur-Glane, and those committed by the French army during colonization in Algeria.

Ella told the station how shocked they were by this analogy, which many listeners found shocking in that it equated events in radically different historical contexts. Moreover, the comments made could be perceived as likely to contribute to a form of relativization of Nazism.

The Authority summoned the service editor to be particularly vigilant when showing debates on such sensitive subjects, especially when they involve regular columnists.