Journalists end strike at French newspaper over far-right editor

Le Journal du Dimanche staff accept they must quit or work under new boss Geoffroy Lejeune

Journalists at France’s only dedicated Sunday newspaper have ended the country’s longest media strike in decades, on the day a controversial editor aligned with the far right took up his post as editor in chief.

Staff at Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) said on Tuesday they were throwing in the towel knowing that their decision would mean they would either leave the paper or have to work under its new leadership.