He was back at the microphone France Inter Sunday November 12, 2023. Guillaume Meurice delivered his column in the show The Great Sunday Evening, two weeks after the controversy over the war between Israel and Hamas. A return that the main party mentioned with humor: “I don’t know for how long yet. But my badge is still activated, so I’m here.“ The comedian provided his weekly column. Enough to question the listeners, who for the most part expected not to hear Guillaume Meurice again soon – or ever again – on France Inter. Guest on the set of C to you on France 5 Monday November 13, 2023, the general director of Radio France, Sybile Veil, justified her choice to keep it on the air. “On the sanction that I took, there is all those who found it was not enough, and those who found it was too much“, she said. The general director of Radio France has chosen to put “a warning, not a possibility of dismissal”.
Sibyle Veil: “I asked him to apologize”
Asked about her discussions with Guillaume Meurice in private after this episode, Sibyle Veil estimated that “Guillaume Meurice made Guillaume Meurice”. “I asked him to apologize”, she explained. But the comedian will refuse. Sibyle Veil will then decide to take sanctions, believing that it was “the best decision to make”. “Especially since yes, a dismissal for these comments would obviously have been exploited, It’s already been two weeks since this happened and we’re still talking about it“, she concludes. Sibyle Veil underlined the fact that this controversy “shows how polarized we still are, it’s always either more or less, and when we have a measure of moderation, people don’t recognize it”. The general director of Radio France called the journalists of France Inter has “to be responsible” at the heart of this busy period of news. “When we cross a line, we must take responsibility for it and at least recognize it”she concluded.