French reporters end an unsuccessful strike against a new editor known as a far-right supporter

By SYLVIE CORBET
Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — Journalists at France’s emblematic Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche have decided to put an end to a 40-day strike. They unsuccessfully protested against the appointment of a new editor-in-chief they denounce as an outspoken far-right supporter. The newspaper’s journalists’ association said Tuesday that 94% of the staff have decided to end the strike. “We didn’t win,” they said. Lagardere group, which owns the newspaper, said it reached an agreement with the journalists’ association and unions that provides that the newspaper will go back on newsstands from mid-August. The agreement also provides a financial package for journalists who want to leave the newspaper.