Eugénie Bastié (born 18 November 1991) is a French journalist and essayist. Bastié is a

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on television news channel CNews and a contributor to the conservative

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newspaper. She is the author of three books and numerous essays.

Early life and education

Eugénie Bastié was born in

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on 18 November 1991. She is one of four children raised in a Catholic household,Audrey Kucinska
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''L'Express'', 3 septembre 2016. where her father worked as a

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and her mother specialised in

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. She grew up in the village of

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, near Toulouse.Johanna Luyssen
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'', 18 mai 2016. Bastié was educated at the private, boarding school Saint Jean de Lectoure then attended the

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, graduating in 2014 with a Master in Public Affairs (MPA). She went on to earn a master's degree in

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Career

While still a student at Sciences Po, Bastié began contributing to the French magazine Causeur, with her first article published in December 2012. In 2013 she completed a 6 months internship at ''Figaro-Vox'', the opinion and debate platform of

newspaper where she was subsequently hired. In 2015, she co-launched Limite, a magazine dedicated to Integral Ecology, a central theme of

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. In September 2015, Bastié made a notable appearance on the television program Ce soir (ou jamais!) where she engaged in a spirited debate against

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, delving into the topic of refugees and immigration. In April 2016 she published her first essay (Goodbye, Mademoiselle: The defeat of women). In September 2016 she briefly joined the program ''AcTualiTy'', on the French public TV channel

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. During this time, she also contribute to

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's program ''Historiquement show'' on the TV channel Histoire and to ''24h Pujadas on''

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. In April 2017 Bastié became a columnist on ''Le Figaro'' ''débats et opinions'' page. In October 2018 she published her second essay (The Scapepig: Terror or counterrevolution). While promoting the book on a

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radio program, she expressed her criticism of what she saw as "excessive victimisation" stemming from the

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movement. In 2019 she left Limite, the magazine that she co-founded. During the 2019–20 season Bastié contributed to the program on BFMTV as columnist, she also contributed to the program , debating current affairs opposing

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. In July 2020 she left the network to become a political commentator on television news channel CNews; In May 2021 Bastié hosted her own show entitled . In September 2021 she joined with two other commentators in replacement of Eric Zemmour. In 2022 she launched a new program on Figaro TV titled , and started a new program on the radio station

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. In 2023 Bastié published a new essay called (The dictatorship of feelings), and (Save the difference between the sexes).

Publications

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References

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