Éric Brunet (; born 22 July 1964) is a French author, political commentator and radio host. In 2010, he started hosting ''Radio Brunet'', known as ''Carrément Brunet'' until 2016, on
RMC with 700,000 daily listeners as of 2018. In 2020, Brunet joined
La Chaîne Info
La Chaîne Info (LCI; English: "The News Channel") is a French free-to-air news channel. It is part of TF1 Group.
History
TF1 had shown intentions of launching a news channel in 1991, which was one of the potential candidates for a new Astra sat ...
as host of ''Brunet Direct'' and ''Brunet & les Agitateurs''.
Career
Brunet grew up in
Nantes
Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...
. He studied at the French Press Institute and Panthéon-Assas University. From 2012, he regularly appeared on BFM TV, most notably in shows hosted by Apolline de Malherbe; starting 2018, he was the host of ''Brunet Vendredi 19h'' on Fridays.
He has also regularly appeared as a guest on Jean-Jacques Bourdin's daily radio show on
RMC, ''Bourdin Direct'', from 2014. Brunet published several books and opinion articles, in various magazines including ''L'Express'' and ''Valeurs Actuelles'';
he is best known abroad for calling France "irreformable".
In 2020, he left BFM TV and RMC to join
La Chaîne Info
La Chaîne Info (LCI; English: "The News Channel") is a French free-to-air news channel. It is part of TF1 Group.
History
TF1 had shown intentions of launching a news channel in 1991, which was one of the potential candidates for a new Astra sat ...
as a columnist and host of the two-hour 10 a.m. weekdays show ''Brunet Direct'' and ''Brunet & les Agitateurs'' on Friday evenings.
Honours
Following a proposition of Édouard Courtial, a member of the National Assembly (France), National Assembly for Oise, he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 2012 by the Ministry of Culture (France), Ministry of Culture, as part of its annual promotion.
Works
Non-fiction
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References
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1964 births
Living people
People from Chinon
French male novelists
21st-century French novelists
21st-century French male writers
French male non-fiction writers
French male journalists
University of Tours alumni
Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni
Knights of the Legion of Honour