Overspending, misspending, favoritism and left-wing political bias: These are the charges leveled against France’s public radio and television by a parliamentary report published this week. Critics of the report describe it as a “foretaste of the extreme right in power”. The head of the committee of lawmakers that produced it is a member of a party allied to Jordan Bardella’s far-right National Rally. Click the player above to hear more from Deutsche Welle‘s Inside Europe reporter John Laurenson in Paris.The story you just read is not locked behind a paywall because listeners and readers like you generously support our nonprofit newsroom. Now more than ever, we need your help to support our global reporting work and power the future of The World. Can we count on you?