Le Monde (English: The World) is a French daily evening newspaper and it is considered the French newspaper of record, and is generally well respected, often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-Francophone countries.
Le Monde was founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry at the request of General Charles de Gaulle after theGerman army was driven from Paris during World War II, and took over the format of Le Temps, whose reputation had suffered during the Occupation. Beuve-Méry reportedly demanded total editorial independence as the condition for his taking on the project. Its first edition appeared on December 19, 1944. Le Monde has been available on the Internet since December 19, 1995 (click here to go to it).
Its current board chairman and director of publication is Éric Fottorino.
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