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With his entry into the [[Lycée Henri-IV]], in Paris, where he was preparing for the baccalaureate, and the events of [[May 68]], that he began to take political activist leadership.
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With his entry into the [[Lycée Henri-IV]], in Paris, where he was preparing for the baccalaureate, and the events of [[May 68]], he began to take political activist leadership.
  
 
An organizer of the occupation of Henri-IV and Fénelon high schools, he became one of the leaders of the high school action committees<ref name=vanity/> alongside [[Michel Recanati]], [[Maurice Najman]] and [[Romain Goupil]]. Perceiving himself then as an "American-style radical" who aimed less at seizing power than at imposing the necessary reforms, he provoked debates at Henri-IV between students and teachers on the reform of education,. He joined the Revolutionary Communist Youth in October 1968 under the influence of [[Michel Recanati]]. From the beginning of 1970, he stopped participating in the meetings of the League even if he kept contacts with some of its leaders such as [[Henri Weber]].  
 
An organizer of the occupation of Henri-IV and Fénelon high schools, he became one of the leaders of the high school action committees<ref name=vanity/> alongside [[Michel Recanati]], [[Maurice Najman]] and [[Romain Goupil]]. Perceiving himself then as an "American-style radical" who aimed less at seizing power than at imposing the necessary reforms, he provoked debates at Henri-IV between students and teachers on the reform of education,. He joined the Revolutionary Communist Youth in October 1968 under the influence of [[Michel Recanati]]. From the beginning of 1970, he stopped participating in the meetings of the League even if he kept contacts with some of its leaders such as [[Henri Weber]].  
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Not getting a visa for the [[USSR]], he spent four years in [[Washington]] from 1983 to 1987 before occupying the position of correspondent in [[Moscow]] from [[1987]] to [[1990]]. He was Editor-in-chief of ''L'Expansion'' from 1991 to 1993, of ''[[Nouvel Observateur]]'' from 1996 to 1999.
 
Not getting a visa for the [[USSR]], he spent four years in [[Washington]] from 1983 to 1987 before occupying the position of correspondent in [[Moscow]] from [[1987]] to [[1990]]. He was Editor-in-chief of ''L'Expansion'' from 1991 to 1993, of ''[[Nouvel Observateur]]'' from 1996 to 1999.
  
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In [[1991]], he was hired by the [[public broadcaster]] [[France Inter]]. He was active every morning on the radio for 27 years, in particular with a [[geopolitical]] column every morning at 8:17 am after the news bulletin.
  
 
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Until he retired in 2018, he received from France Inter a monthly salary of more than 10,000 euros gross, or about 500 euros per column<ref name=capital>https://www.capital.fr/economie-politique/letonnante-remuneration-que-versait-france-inter-a-bernard-guetta-son-chroniqueur-vedette-1357234</ref>. His columns for the magazines ''Challenges'' and ''Internazionale'' also bring him between 1,000 and 5,000 euros gross monthly each<ref name=capital/>.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  

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(journalist)
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Born28 January 1951
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
NationalityFrench
EthnicityJewish
Alma materlycée Henri-IV
Parents • Pierre Guetta
• Francine Bourla
Siblings • Nathalie Guetta
• David Guetta
Member ofBosphorus Institute, French-American Foundation/Young Leaders/1981, French-American Foundation/Young Leaders/1984
RelativesCharles Guetta

Bernard Guetta is a French corporate journalist and politician, specialist in internationalgeopolitics. He was elected as a member of the European Parliament in 2019.

He was selected a Young Leader by the transatlantic French-American Foundation in 1981.

Background

Bernard Guetta was born and raised in a family of Sephardic Jews. Her father is Pierre Guetta, of Moroccan origin, a sociologist specializing in the world of work who later became a restaurateur, while his mother is Francine née Bourla (1928-2011), who owned a tribal art gallery[1]. His parents separate when he entered the 6th grade. He is the brother of the actress Nathalie Guetta and the half-brother by his father of David Guetta, a world-renowned disc jockey.[2]

With parents who passed through Trotskyism, anti-colonialism and the Unified Socialist Party (PSU), he grew up in a very politicized environment, anchored in an the anticommunist left.

At the age of fifteen, he joined the Human Rights League, where Daniel Mayer directed him to the monthly Après demain.. In charge of its distribution to the booksellers of Paris, he thus participates in the meetings of the editorial board alongside Françoise Seligmann, Pierre Joxe and Philippe Bernard. In this radical-socialist milieu, he met personalities such as [Claude Nicolet]] or Pierre Mendès France (of whom he was for a time adviser on school affairs[2]).

Brought to live in Casablanca (French Morocco), he studied at the Lycée Lyautey for almost two years while living with grandparents who, during the Second World War, had welcomed their cousin Charles Guetta and his friend Jean Daniel for several months. Back in Paris, he finds his friends Emmanuel Todd and Jean-Pierre Cerquant (respectively son and brother-in-law of Olivier Todd).

In 1967, he participated in the operation "One billion for Vietnam", launched by his father for the reconstruction of the country.[3] Education

May 68

With his entry into the Lycée Henri-IV, in Paris, where he was preparing for the baccalaureate, and the events of May 68, he began to take political activist leadership.

An organizer of the occupation of Henri-IV and Fénelon high schools, he became one of the leaders of the high school action committees[2] alongside Michel Recanati, Maurice Najman and Romain Goupil. Perceiving himself then as an "American-style radical" who aimed less at seizing power than at imposing the necessary reforms, he provoked debates at Henri-IV between students and teachers on the reform of education,. He joined the Revolutionary Communist Youth in October 1968 under the influence of Michel Recanati. From the beginning of 1970, he stopped participating in the meetings of the League even if he kept contacts with some of its leaders such as Henri Weber.

Career

His links with Olivier Todd facilitate his entry as an intern at the Nouvel Observateur. His entry coincides with that of his father's cousin (Charles Guetta) on the board of directors. This led to him being frowned upon by the rest of the editorial staff until the death of Charles Guetta (summer 1972) improved his image. His presence at the magazine was strengthened by his participation in the coverage of the presidential campaign of April 1974 and the Socialist Conference (October 1974). But he continues to be interested in leftist themes: the situation in prisons, in the army and the police, the excesses of Justice, the control of information.

Spooky journalism

He started to pay attention to the internal protest in the French Communist Party, in particular within the Communist Youth, of which he interviews the secretary general several times; this is linked to the growing interest he takes in the questions of Soviet dissidents, supported in this by Jean Daniel and by K.S. Karol.

He became a foreign correspondent, where he dealt with countries such as Lebanon (August 1976), Zaire (April 1977) or Western Sahara (1977/1978). The question of "dissidents" then earned him the friendship of Jean Daniel who supported him within an editorial office divided on the treatment of these issues: thus, after having fought week after week to chronicle arrests and hunger strikes, he obtained his support to add a column. He thus gives the floor twice to Vladimir Bukovski, denouncinge fate of Natan Sharansky. It also offers Laurent Schwartz (July 22, 1978) or Daniel Meyer (December 11, 1978) the means to express themselves on human rights violations. But in April 1979, he was recruited by the head of the foreign service of Le Monde, who offered him a job as a correspondent in Vienna.

In 1980, he moved to Poland, where he benefited from the many contacts offered to him by K.S. Karol. He was sent as correspondent to Warsaw and then in Gdańsk, writing a book about it. This was during the strikes by the Solidarity trade union, which received heavy covert support from Western countries through their intelligence services.[4]

He was selected a Young Leader by the transatlantic French-American Foundation in 1981.

Not getting a visa for the USSR, he spent four years in Washington from 1983 to 1987 before occupying the position of correspondent in Moscow from 1987 to 1990. He was Editor-in-chief of L'Expansion from 1991 to 1993, of Nouvel Observateur from 1996 to 1999.

France Inter

In 1991, he was hired by the public broadcaster France Inter. He was active every morning on the radio for 27 years, in particular with a geopolitical column every morning at 8:17 am after the news bulletin.

Until he retired in 2018, he received from France Inter a monthly salary of more than 10,000 euros gross, or about 500 euros per column[5]. His columns for the magazines Challenges and Internazionale also bring him between 1,000 and 5,000 euros gross monthly each[5].


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/199814 May 199817 May 1998Scotland
Turnberry
The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington
Brussels Forum/2008Belgium
Brussels
Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
WEF/Annual Meeting/200421 January 200425 January 2004Switzerland2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres.
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