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Élisabeth Lévy (born 16 February 1964) is a French journalist, polemicist, essayist and editor in chief of Causeur.[1]
Élisabeth Lévy | |
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Élisabeth Lévy on RTL in 2019 | |
| Born | 16 February 1964 Marseille, France |
| Education | Sciences Po |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist polemist |
She was born in Marseille,[2] the daughter of a general practitioner and a pharmacist, both of whom were of Sephardic Jewish ancestry. She grew up in Épinay-sur-Seine and studied at Sciences Po. She worked for the Agence France-Presse (AFP)[3] and for Jeune Afrique.[4] She later joined L’Événement du jeudi, and Marianne[2] and, after being dismissed by Jean-François Kahn in 1998,[3] began writing for Le Figaro.[5] In 2005, Le Premier Pouvoir, a programme she presented on France Culture devoted to media analysis, was cancelled. Guests had included Jean Baudrillard, and Peter Sloterdijk.[6] In 2007 she co-founded Causeur,[7] a magazine whose annual losses are offset by support from far-right stakeholders like Gérald Penciolelli.[3][8]
During a heated discussion with Claire Nouvain on CNews, where Lévy is a regular guest, she vaunted her skepticism as a healthy scientific posture concerning the role of humanity in global warming.[9]
In 2017, she interviewed Alain Finkielkraut, concerning Renaud Camus's Great Replacement theory and in 2021 published a two-part interview with Camus himself.[10][11]
In September 2021, the cover of Causeur showing a picture of five Black or mixed-ancestry babies captioned "Smile, you're great-replaced" was a reference to this conspiracy theory. The cover sparked a wave of indignation, inspiring condemnation from the MRAP and many politicians, including former interior minister Christophe Castaner.[12]
Élisabeth Moreno, the Minister for Gender Equality, Diversity and Equal Opportunities, called it "unabashed racism" and announced that the government had alerted the Paris prosecutor's office.[13]
In October 2013, Causeur published a petition in favor of prostitution called the "Manifesto of the 343 bastards" to fight against a bill aiming to penalize clients of prostitution. She defended the title as a humorous way of treating a serious issue (it was a play on a Charlie Hebdo political cartoon about the 1971 Manifesto of the 343).[14][3]
In 2000, she contested the number of casualties by Serbians during the Kosovo War.[15][3]
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