Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

French journalist, writer and columnist

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

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. 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.

She joined The Daily Telegraph in 2007 as a columnist.

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:

The Daily Telegraph
The European
The New York Post
UnHerd

She has made television appearance for multiple channels, including:

Political positions

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

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

References

^ Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, "L'Affaire Enderlin" Archived 16 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, The Weekly Standard, 7 July 2008.
^ Moutet, Anne-Elisabeth (2023-03-23). "On va plus loin - Johnson: l'heure de vérité". France 24 (in French). Retrieved 2023-03-25.
^ "Opération coup de poing "burkini" à Grenoble : elles défient l'interdiction à la piscine municipale". midilibre.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-09.
^ Anne-Elisabeth Moutet : How Macron and Scholz broke the Franco-German alliance at the heart of the EU | Telegraph, retrieved 2024-04-09
^ 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.
^ 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.