Arcom Puts Radio France in Mise en Demeure Over RN’s Night-Heavy Airings

Overview

• Arcom announced on Thursday that it has formally put Radio France in a mise en demeure for under‑representing the Rassemblement national in daytime on France Inter and France Info during the first quarter of 2026.
• The regulator found that roughly 60% of RN airtime on France Inter and more than 70% on France Info between January 1 and March 31 was broadcast between midnight and 6:00, which it says makes daytime visibility for the party insufficient given its representativity.
• Radio France says the anomaly came from a new January tracking tool that did not distinguish day and night, that the error has been corrected, and that invitations to RN leaders for morning interviews were repeatedly issued but declined.
• The mise en demeure is the last formal step before possible financial sanctions if breaches recur, and Arcom noted it had already issued reminders to Radio France in 2025 and early 2026 about similar night-heavy distributions.
• Coverage of the decision highlights two frames: some outlets and Arcom focus on legal pluralism and regulatory escalation while others and RN leaders stress a technical fault or accuse public broadcasting of deliberate exclusion, raising stakes ahead of the 2027 presidential campaign.