French Sunday newspaper on strike over fears of far-right turn

FILE PHOTO: Arnaud Lagardere, the head of French media group Lagardere, attends the group's shareholders meeting in Paris, France, May 3, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - France’s flagship Sunday newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD), was not published this Sunday after its staff went on strike to protest against the nomination of a new editor-in-chief who worked for a far-right magazine.

The newspaper’s owner, French media group Lagardere, on Friday named Geoffroy Lejeune as JDD's new editor-in-chief, succeeding Jerome Begle who left for Paris Match.