Appointment to the presidency of France Médias Monde: list of eligible candidates and schedule of hearings

The French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication (Arcom) has today taken note of the applications received via the e-mail address set up for this purpose, as part of the proceedings to appoint a new president of the national program company France Médias Monde, as provided for in article 47-4 of the law of September 30, 1986 on freedom of communication, and in accordance with its decision of July 27.

The 5 applications received have been declared admissible in the light of the admissibility criteria set out in the aforementioned deliberation and France Médias Monde's bylaws.

Today, by a majority vote of its members and by secret ballot, Arcom also drew up the list of candidates to be auditioned, and established the following schedule by drawing lots:

• Ms Marie-Christine Saragosse, on Monday January 9, 2023 at 9:00 am ;
• Mr. David Hivet, Monday January 9, 2023, 11:15 a.m;
• Mr Arnaud Ngatcha, Monday January 9, 2023 at 2:30 pm;
• Mr Pierre-Etienne Pommier, Tuesday January 10, 2023 at 9:00 am;
• Sylvain Attal, Tuesday January 10, 2023 at 11:15 am.

Each hearing will take place at Arcom headquarters in two separate phases:

• an initial public session lasting no more than one hour. This part will be filmed and shown live on the Arcom website (arcom.fr), accompanied by French sign language translation and subtitling; videos of the hearings will subsequently remain available on the Autorité's website.
• a second, one-hour session in camera, in accordance with recital 14 of the Conseil constitutionnel's decision no. 2000-433 DC of July 27, 2000.

In addition, as indicated in the aforementioned deliberation of July 27, 2022, the Autorité is today publishing on its website the strategic plans of the candidate and candidates.

The appointment decision will be made public no later than Monday January 23, 2023.