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Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

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Anne-Elisabeth Moutet is a French journalist, writer and columnist. She writes for The Daily Telegraph in London particularly on international affairs, and for UnHerd. She is a regular commentator on the BBC, SKY News, Times Radio, BFMTV, Deutsche Welle, RTS, Radio Canada, ASharqNews, WION TV.

Career

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Born in Paris, she began her career at VSD under the editorship of Maurice Siégel and Jean Gorini, as a reporter, then a correspondent in the United States (1979–1981). She then joined France Soir, before joining the Sunday Times as a correspondent in Paris in 1983.[citation needed] She was Paris bureau chief for the Sunday Telegraph (London) from 1986 to 1989. After a stint at ELLE (French and British editions), she joined The European, as Paris bureau chief for the newspaper until 1998.[citation needed]

She joined The Daily Telegraph in 2007 as a columnist.[citation needed]

In an investigation of a controversy started in 2000 and still disputed today, she wrote that the France 2 State broadcaster correspondent Charles Enderlin's coverage of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, particularly the killing of Muhammad al-Durrah, was respected by many journalists but regularly criticized by pro-Israel groups.[1]

Contributions to other print media include:

She has made television appearance for multiple channels, including:

Political positions

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She is a critic of Salafism.[3] She wrote that under President of France Emmanuel Macron the French-German relationship has notably deteriorated.[4]

In January 2018, she was a co-signatory of a column published in Le Monde entitled “We defend a freedom to annoy, essential to sexual freedom” of a group of 100 women including actress Catherine Deneuve.[5][6]

Personal life

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She is the granddaughter of Member of Parliament and former Popular Front (1936–1938) minister Marius Moutet.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, "L'Affaire Enderlin" Archived 16 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, The Weekly Standard, 7 July 2008.
  2. ^ Moutet, Anne-Elisabeth (2023-03-23). "On va plus loin - Johnson: l'heure de vérité". France 24 (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  3. ^ "Opération coup de poing "burkini" à Grenoble : elles défient l'interdiction à la piscine municipale". midilibre.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  4. ^ Anne-Elisabeth Moutet : How Macron and Scholz broke the Franco-German alliance at the heart of the EU | Telegraph, retrieved 2024-04-09
  5. ^ Moutet, Anne-Elisabeth (2018-01-10). "#MeToo backlash: Why I'm standing up for my right to be 'pestered'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  6. ^ BBCNewsnight, @BBCNewsnight (30 November 2018). "TONIGHT: The #MeToo movement has been a global phenomenon for the past year. Now the movement's founder says it's being framed as a witch hunt. We'll hear from Anne-Elisabeth Moutet and Alexandra Topping. More at 22.30 on BBC Two". X. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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