I guess, you know, dominic, we started the programme by talking about channel 4, and there s an equivalent issue in the french elections, actually, because president macron has said he would do away with their equivalent of the licence fee. just tell us a bit more about that, because that s obviously very interesting and topicalfor us here, too. well, this is something that macron has said, and he s not alone in saying this. all across europe, politicians are playing with this idea because the licence fee is seen as an unfairtax by a lot of people. and actually, nowadays it s unenforceable. the republic of ireland at the moment is having huge problems enforcing its licence fee and as a result, its public broadcaster is really strapped for cash. you know, this is also a policy that was taken from the national rally as well. so, this was a this was something that was put out there, and macron has decided this is something that he can do, which he thinks will be popular. he s suggesting s
Said he would do away with their equivalent of the licence fee. just tell us a bit more about that, because that s obviously very interesting and topicalfor us here, too. well, this is something that macron has said, and he s not alone in saying this. all across europe, politicians are playing with this idea because the licence fee is seen as an unfairtax by a lot of people. and actually, nowadays it s unenforceable. the republic of ireland at the moment is having huge problems enforcing its licence fee and as a result, its public broadcaster is really strapped for cash. you know, this is also a policy that was taken from the national rally as well. so, this was a this was something that was put out there, and macron has decided this is something that he can do, which he thinks will be popular. he s suggesting state funding instead, perhaps, ithink. yeah. and this is something that we ve seen across the board. i mean, in denmark, a couple of years ago, the government moved from a licen
And there s an equivalent issue in the french elections, actually, because president macron has said he would do away with their equivalent of the licence fee. just tell us a bit more about that, because that s obviously very interesting and topicalfor us here, too. well, this is something that macron has said, and he s not alone in saying this. all across europe, politicians are playing with this idea because the licence fee is seen as an unfairtax by a lot of people. and actually, nowadays it s unenforceable. the republic of ireland at the moment is having huge problems enforcing its licence fee and as a result, its public broadcaster is really strapped for cash. you know, this is also a policy that was taken from the national rally as well. so, this was a this was something that was put out there, and macron has decided this is something that he can do, which he thinks will be popular. he s suggesting state funding instead, perhaps, ithink. yeah. and this is something that we ve see
Issue in the french elections, actually, because president macron has said he would do away with their equivalent of the licence fee. just tell us a bit more about that, because that s obviously very interesting and topicalfor us here, too. well, this is something that macron has said, and he s not alone in saying this. all across europe, politicians are playing with this idea because the licence fee is seen as an unfairtax by a lot of people. and actually, nowadays it s unenforceable. the republic of ireland at the moment is having huge problems enforcing its licence fee and as a result, its public broadcaster is really strapped for cash. you know, this is also a policy that was taken from the national rally as well. so, this was a this was something that was put out there, and macron has decided this is something that he can do, which he thinks will be popular. he s suggesting state funding instead, perhaps, ithink. yeah. and this is something that we ve seen across the board. i mean