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Michel Drucker Explains Why He Won’t Host the Le Pen Family on Vivement Dimanche

He says the ban is a personal line shaped by his family’s WWII survival.

Overview

  • In a podcast interview, the longtime TV host said he has never invited any member of the Le Pen family to Vivement dimanche and he explained why.
  • He said he fears political extremes and views the far right as out of bounds for his show.
  • Drucker linked his stance to his mother’s experience as a Jewish survivor and to his parents’ 1937 naturalization under Léon Blum’s government.
  • He noted that he has welcomed many politicians from across the spectrum, including Arlette Laguiller, Jean‑Luc Mélenchon, and Olivier Besancenot.
  • He recalled a family story of his mother being stopped by the Gestapo in Rennes and rescued by a stranger, and he said hosting the divided Le Pen family felt impossible.