France’s state broadcasters protested against president Emmanuel Macron’s plan to abolish the TV licence fee and fund public media broadcasters through general taxation, AFP reported, and media unions called a one-day strike for 28 June. The €138 yearly charge, paid by 23 million households owning a television, brings in €3bn annually. In a joint statement, journalists’ unions criticised the plans, saying they “threaten the very existence of public broadcasting”.
