Le Confédéré

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Le Confédéré was founded in 1861 as the political organ of the liberal, radical democratic party (French: Les Libéraux-Radicaux, today: FDP The Liberals ) of the canton of Valais and is the oldest magazine still in existence in the canton.

history

The paper was founded as a liberal weekly newspaper in Sitten in 1861 and has been published in Martigny since 1894 . The Confédéré later appeared twice a week at times, and from 1920 three times a week. From 1968 to 1971 it was published daily in collaboration with the Gazette de Lausanne , and has been published twice a week since then. It has a print run of 4,230 copies (as of 2000) and is distributed several times a year as a large print run to all households in Lower Valais .

The Confédéré was conceived as a declaration of war against the conservative cantonal government. It has not been the linguistic organ of the Radical Party or the FDP for years (1971), but continues to represent a free-thinking attitude and has retained the character of a critical opinion paper.

Editors-in-chief

Editors-in-chief included Victor Dénériaz (1861–1867), Alphonse Morand and Maurice-Antoine Cretton , Jean-Baptiste Calpini (1867–1880), Louis Ribordy (1880–1883), Joseph Beeger (1884–1893), Robert Morand (1893 –1897), Roger Mério (1898–1912), Louis Courthion (1911–1922), Maurice Gabbud (1920–1932), Eugène Moser (1932–1939), André Marcel (1933–1944), Pierre Champion (1945–1946 ), Joseph Rémondeulaz (1940–1947), Gérald Rudaz (1947–1971), Pierre-Simon Fournier (1960–1961), Pierre Anchisi (-1969), Robert Clivaz (1969–1971), Pascal Couchepin (1972–1976) , Adolphe Ribordy (1976–2008), Pierrot Métrailler (2009–2012) and Jean-Jacques Michelet (since 2012).

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