Catherine Nay (born 1 January 1943 in

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) is a French political columnist and commentator.

Biography

After she attended primary and secondary schools in

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, Nay started studying law but dropped in license year to become a journalist. In 1968, at the age of 25, she was hired by the political service of the newspaper ''

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'' led by

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, where she covered right-wing politics. From 1975, Nay made a major part of her career at radio station

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. In 2005, she became an advisor to Europe 1's chairman

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. In 2008–9, she appeared several times in '' Le Grand Journal'' (

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) as a political commentator along with

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and

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. Since 2007, Nay has appeared regularly in ''Les grandes voix d'Europe 1'' on Saturdays. Since 2011, she has been a cast member of ''Il n'y en a pas deux comme Elle'' hosted by on Europe 1. In April 2012, she was a jury member of '' Qui veut devenir président ?'' broadcast by

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. Upon the commemoration of the May 1958 and

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, Nay's first documentary film was broadcast by

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in prime time at the end of May 2018. For a long time Nay lived with politician and

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's former leader

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, whom she had met at the political convention of the UNR party. Chalandon married Nay in 2016, after the death of his wife Salomé from whom he had not divorced. Nay was made an Officier of the

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Published works

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References

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