Political journalist Benjamin Duhamel has officially announced his departure from BFMTV, where he has worked since 2019, to focus on the 7:50 a.m. political interview on France Inter, starting in September 2025. This decision comes after several weeks of controversy surrounding his dual role, which was denounced by Radio France's unions and journalists' associations.
According to information from Le ParisienBenjamin Duhamel is set to play a stronger role in the France Inter morning show. He will not only host the political interview, but will also be involved more extensively in developing the political content of the morning slot.
A few days earlier, several internal organizations at Radio France, including the Society of Journalists (SDJ) of Radio France, six unions (CGT, CFDT, FO, SNJ, SUD, UNSA), as well as the Society of Producers (SDPI), the Society of Directors (SDRI) and the collective of programmers, had expressed their profound disagreement with the appointment of Duhamel, while he continued to work for a private continuous news channel.
“France Inter or BFMTV, you have to choose.”
The conflict primarily concerned the risk of an editorial conflict of interest. According to them, France Inter's strategic position as a leading public radio station made it incompatible to simultaneously hold a leading position on a private channel.
Until now, Benjamin Duhamel hosted the daily show on BFMTV Everyone wants to know at 18:50 p.m. Monday to Thursday, after stopping the Sunday political broadcast It's not Sunday every day. The announcement of his departure therefore resolves the question of his compatibility between the two media.
This departure also comes as part of a redesign of France Inter's morning show, following the departure of Sonia Devillers from the 7:50 a.m. slot. Duhamel will have an "expanded" role, according to Le Parisien, in the new organization of the back-to-school political grid.
